《后汉书·本纪·孝顺孝冲孝质帝纪》
千石、六百石，大将军府、太尉府、司徒府、司空府四府掾属，五官署、左署、右署三署郎，外戚樊、郭、阴、马四姓小侯，先能通经的，为诗的谓之诗家，为礼的谓之礼家，各随家法，考得名次高的把名牒报上，当挨次赏赐进用。
又千石、六百石、四府掾属、三署郎、四姓小侯先能通经者，各令随家法，其高第者上名牒，当以次赏进。
Those of the ranks of 1000 Shi and 600 Shi, as well as the subordinate officials of the offices of the Grand General, the Grand Commandant, the Grand Tutor and the Grand Minister of Works, the Gentlemen of the Palace of the Five Offices, and the Gentlemen of the Left and Right Offices, together with the younger marquises of the four related clans of Fan, Kuo, Yin, and Ma, were all first of all required to be proficient in the Classics. Those who were proficient in poetry were classified as Poets, and those in the rites as Ritualists. Each was examined according to his own system of learning and the names of those who attained the highest places were submitted for record. They were promoted and employed in order of their merit.