《三国志·魏书·辛毗杨阜高堂隆传》
夏侯胜曾说： 士人因为不理解经学为病，经学如果能精通，那他们获得官职就像低头捡拾地上的小草而已。 
夏侯胜有言： 士病不明经术，经术苟明，其取青紫如俯拾地芥耳。
Xiahou Sheng once said: Scholars are sick because they do not understand the classics; if the classics could be mastered, then gaining official rank would be like picking up grass from the ground.