《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪四十一》
及至服丧期满，邓太后下诏命令邓骘重新回来辅佐朝政，并再次授予以前曾欲加封的爵位。邓骘等一再叩头，坚决地辞让，邓太后这才罢休。
乃服除，诏骘复还辅朝政，更授前封，骘等叩头固让，乃止。
When the mourning period was over, Empress Dowager Deng issued an edict ordering Deng Zhi to return to assist in the governance of the court, and again conferred on him the titles he had previously wished to bestow. Deng Zhi and the others repeatedly kowtowed, resolutely declining, only then did Empress Dowager Deng desist.