《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪三十九》
依照旧例，大将军的地位原在太尉、司徒、司空三公之下。至此，太后下诏规定：窦宪的地位在太傅以下，三公以上；大将军府的长史、司马的品秩为中二千石。
旧，大将军位在三公下，至是，诏宪位次太傅下、三公上；长史、司马秩中二千石。
According to the old regulations, the Grand Marshal was originally ranked below the Three Ministers of the Imperial Secretary, the Minister of the Masters of the Masses, and the Minister of the Works. By this time, the Empress Dowager especially decreed that: Dou Xian’s position would be below that of the Grand Tutor, but above the Three Ministers; the historical records officer and the minister of the Grand Marshal’s mansion’s ranks were in the second thousandth stone.