《汉书·传·王莽传中》
下文告说： 我没有德行，继承了黄帝、虞舜的事业，成为各诸侯国的君主。
下书曰： 予以不德，袭于圣祖，为万国主。
The edict said: “I do not possess virtue, while inheriting the cause of the Yellow Emperor and Emperor Yao, I became the ruler of the feudal lords.