《旧唐书·列传·卷一百一十四》
宪宗见他十分诚挚，缓和了脸色抚慰他道： 卿对朕竭尽臣节，人所难言之事，卿尽皆言说，使朕能听到平素听不到的话，真正是忠诚守节之臣哪。
宪宗见其诚切，改容慰喻之曰： 卿尽节于朕，人所难言者，卿悉言之，使朕闻所不闻，真忠正诚节之臣也。
Xianzong saw that he was very sincere and eased his face to comfort him: "you have done everything you can for me. You can say something that people don't like to say, so that I can hear what I usually can't hear. You are a loyal and dutiful minister.