《宋书·列传·卷七十四》
废除昏庸的暴君，树立圣贤的皇帝，是自古以来的大好事，交州刺史，广州刺史都先来祝贺，梁州刺史也来了，但沈攸之距离京城不远，路程不长，用驿马送信马上就到了，但他充耳不闻，最后才上书祝贺已迟一个多月了。
废昏立明，先代盛典，交、广先到，梁、秦蚤及，而攸之密迩内畿，川涂弗远，驿书至止，晏若不闻，末遣章表，奄积旬朔。
To abolish a昏庸暴君, to establish a圣贤皇帝, has been a great cause since ancient times. The governors of Jiaozhou and Guangzhou came to congratulate him first, and the governor of Liangzhou also came, but Shen Youshi was not far from the capital city and the distance was not long. He could deliver the letter immediately by mail on horseback, but he turned a deaf ear to it and finally sent a congratulatory letter. It was more than a month late.