《资治通鉴·宋纪·宋纪十六》
外面，他们没有对人主造成伤害的嫌疑；内部，他们受人主的驱使，却有独揽大权的际遇。
及觇欢愠，候惨舒，动中主情，举无谬旨；人主谓其身卑位薄，以为权不得重。
Outside, they have no suspicion of harming the ruler; inside, they are driven by the ruler, but they have the opportunity to monopolize great power.