《太平广记·卷二百六十八·酷暴二》
后来他胡说皇帝下令要追他回京，当时御史胡元礼被派遣到岭南，暂住于襄邓，找到他查问这件事，王弘义无话可讲，便对他说：别忘了，我跟你可是一样的人啊。
妄称敕追，时胡无礼以御史使岭南，次于襄邓，会而按之，弘义词穷，乃谓曰：与公气类。
He later claimed that the emperor had ordered his return to the capital and that the censor Hu Yuanli had temporarily stayed in Xiang Deng, in South China, when he found him and asked him about this matter. Wang Hongyi had nothing to say, so he told him: Do not forget, I am the same as you.