扁鹊（旧题）：难经·第218则

丞相史曰：「八十曰耋，七十曰耄。耄，食非肉不飽，衣非帛不暖。故孝子曰甘毳以養口，輕暖以養體。曾子養曾皙，必有酒肉。無端絻，雖公西赤不能以為容。無肴膳，雖閔、曾不能以卒養。禮無虛加，故必有其實然後為之文。與其禮有餘而養不足，寧養有餘而禮不足。夫洗爵以盛水，升降而進糲，禮雖備，然非其貴者也。」

河內張成，善風角，推占當赦，教子殺人。司隸李膺督促收捕，既而逢宥獲免；膺愈懷憤疾，竟案殺之。成素以方伎交通宦官，帝亦頗訊其占；宦官教成弟子牢修上書，告「膺等養太學游士，交結諸郡生徒，更相驅馳，共為部黨，誹訕朝廷，疑亂風俗。」於是天子震怒，班下郡國，逮捕黨人，佈告天下，使同忿疾。案經三府，太尉陳蕃卻之曰：「今所案者，皆海內人譽，憂國忠公之臣，此等猶將十世宥也，豈有罪名不章而致收掠者乎！」不肯平署。帝愈怒，遂下膺等於黃門北寺獄，其辭所連及…

It is, perhaps, a curious coincidence that all the Presidents of the United States whose work Bok had occasion to publish were uniformly liberal with regard to having their material edited.