《汉书·传·万石卫直周张传》
城中仓库中没有粮食，百姓四处流亡，所犯之罪真应当被斩，皇上不忍心将我依法处治，我希望能够归还丞相的大印，讨回一副老骨头回家，以便给有才能的人让路。 
城郭仓廪空虚，民多流亡，罪当伏斧质，上不忍致法。愿归丞相侯印，乞骸骨归，避贤者路。 
There is no food in the city warehouses, the people are fleeing everywhere, and the crimes I have committed really deserve to be punished by beheading. The emperor could not bear to have me punished according to the law, so I hope to be allowed to return the prime minister's seal and take my old bones back home, so as to make way for those who are more capable.