《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪二十四》
他的弟弟红阳侯王立，按照顺序应被任命为辅政大臣。先前，王立曾派他的门客，通过南郡太守李尚以草田名义占夺百姓新开垦田地数百顷，然后上书，把这些田卖给国家，多收取田价约一亿万以上。丞相司直孙宝揭发了这件事，成帝因此废黜王立，而任用他的弟弟、光禄勋、曲阳侯王根。
其弟红阳侯立次当辅政，先是立使客因南郡太守李尚占垦草田数百顷，上书以入县官，贵取其直一万万以上，丞相司直孙宝发之，上由是废立，而用其弟光禄勋曲阳侯根。
His younger brother King Li, the Marquess of Hongyang, should have been appointed the regent in accordance with the order of succession. Previously, King Li had sent his retainer, via the Grand Administrator of Nanzhong, Li Shang, to seize hundreds of qing of newly cultivated land from the common people in the name of reclaiming wasteland, and then he memorialized the throne, selling this land to the state and charging a premium price of more than a hundred million. Censor Sun Bao of the Secretariat uncovered this incident, and so Emperor Cheng deposed King Li and appointed his younger brother, the General of the Gentlemen of the Palace and Marquess of Quyang, King Gen, in his place.