《宋史·列传·卷六十二》
督察盗贼，禁止不肖子弟私藏兵器，对所管理的仓库财物全部登记造册，对赋租的收入和支出，都亲自检查核实，曾经对同僚们说 ：将县里的国家财物当作自己的财物，能容忍奸贼存在吗？ 他所在之州的人都害怕他的严厉。
督察盗贼，禁戢不肖子弟，簿书筦库，赋租出入，皆自检核。尝谓僚属曰： 视县官物如己物，容有奸乎？ 州人惮其严。
To keep an eye on thieves, forbidding unworthy young men to keep weapons in private, to register all the treasury properties under his management, to inspect and verify all payments and income of the government, Chen once said to his colleagues, "If we take the treasury in our county as our own properties, how can we let villains exist?" All the people in the states where he has been were afraid of his harshness.