《元史·列传·卷五十五》
闻叛民到了阳罗堡，居贞忙引兵前去迎战，屯兵于青山，第二天大败叛军，这一切完全符合天祥的预料。行省闻民变，将鄂州城中的南人一律逮捕起来，准备大屠杀，以防他们为叛军内应。居贞想拯救鄂州南人而又做不到。天祥说： 鄂州南人，与叛军本无关系，杀他们不过是要夺他们的财产而已。 
初，行省闻变，尽执鄂州城中南人将杀之，以防内应，居贞救之不能得，天祥曰： 是州之人，与彼势本不相接，欲杀之者，利其财耳。 
Hearing that the rebels arrived at Yangluobao, Juzhen immediately led troops to confront them, stationing them at Qingshan. He defeated the rebels completely the next day, which exactly matched Tianxiang's expectation. The Provincial Government heard about the rebellion and prepared to massacre all Southern people in Ezhou City, lest they echoed with the rebels. Juzhen wanted to save the Southern people in Ezhou but failed. Tianxiang said: The Southern people in Ezhou were not actually related to the rebels, and to kill them was only to plunder their properties.