This sentence is found in the penultimate paragraph of Sima Qian's Letter to Ren An, and the context is as follows:

Servants are not inferior, relying on incompetent words, trapping the old news in the world, taking an examination of it, and checking the reasons for its success or failure. Every hundred and thirty articles also want to learn from the changes of ancient and modern times and become a family statement. If the grass is not created, it will be a disaster, but if it fails, it will be executed without being democratic. Servant Cheng has written this book, the famous mountain in Tibet, and spread it to people all over the city, so the servant will pay the responsibility of humiliation before. Although he was killed, is there any regret? However, this can be said for the wise, but not for the layman.