《汉书·传·楚元王传》
现在佞邪和贤臣同在宫廷之内，聚党共谋，违善依恶，结党诋毁，多次危言耸听，想促使主上俯从其意愿，如果不经意地任用他们，造就是天地所以先行告诫，灾异所以迭相到来的原因。
今佞邪与贤臣并在交戟之内，合党共谋，违善依恶，歙歙訿々，数设危险之言，欲以倾移主上。如忽然用之，此天地之所以先戒，灾异之所以重至者也。
Now the treacherous and evil and the virtuous and loyal ministers are in the same court, conspiring together, violating the good and relying on the evil, forming cliques to slander, repeatedly making alarmist statements, trying to make the Lord submit to their wishes. If they are inadvertently employed, it will make the heavens and the earth give prior warnings, and disasters will come one after another.