《南史·列传·卷二十一》
等到做了中书郎，曾经抚着桌案叹息说： 弄得这样的寂寞，邓禹一定会笑话。 
及爲中书郎，尝抚案叹曰： 爲尔寂寂，邓禹笑人。 
When he became a Central Secretariat Draftsman, he once sighed and said while caressing the table: I have made myself so solitary; Deng Yu will surely laugh at this.