《隋书·列传·卷二十七》
于是到朝廷上请求召见，对宣帝说： 乐运知道他上书必死，他之所以不顾身家性命，就是想得到流传后世的好名声。
诣阁请见，言于帝曰： 乐运知书奏必死，所以不顾身命者，欲取后世之名。
So he entered the court, requesting an imperial audience, and said to Emperor Xuan: “Yue Yun knows that by presenting this petition he shall die. For him to disregard his own life and family and also his own reputation, was in order to obtain posthumous fame for later generations.