《明史·列传·卷一百零九》
万历十七年，皇帝已经八个月没有到朝房接见大臣，张孟男上奏劝谏，而且说： 岭南人为原来的都御史李材申报功绩，蔡地的人控诉原县令曹世卿枉法，奏章都被留在宫中，而将人关押在兵马司，饭食供给不足，莫非不想让他们活，使圣德遭受损害。 
万历十七年，帝不视朝者八月，孟男疏谏，且言： 岭南人讼故都御史李材功，蔡人讼故令曹世卿枉，章并留中，其人系兵马司，橐饘不继，莫必其生，亏损圣德。 
In the seventeenth year of the Wanli Calendar, the emperor had not received ministers in the court room for eight months, so Zhang Mengnan advised him in a memorial, saying: "People from Lingnan reported the merits of Li Cai, the former capital governor, and people from Cai filed a complaint against Cao Shiqing, the former county magistrate, for his illegal actions. The memorials were kept in the palace, and the people were detained in the military headquarters, with insufficient food and drink. Is it that you do not want them to live, which would damage the holy virtue?"