《明史·列传·卷一百三十一》
不久替代张问达为吏部尚书，这个时候，人人千方百计奔走于升迁之道，贿赂公行，言官尤为横行，每逢文选郎外出，就在半道上将他拦住，替别人求官，得不到满足就说他的坏话，或者把他赶走。
寻代张问达为吏部尚书。当是时，人务奔竞，苞苴恣行，言路横尤甚。每文选郎出，辄邀之半道，为人求官，不得则加以恶声，或逐之去。
Soon after, he replaced Zhang Wenda as Minister of Officials. At this time, everyone tried their best to find ways to get promoted. Bribery was widespread, and it was especially prevalent among speech officials. Whenever a literary official went out, they would stop him halfway and ask him to seek official positions for others. If they were not satisfied, they would say bad things about him or drive him away.