《汉书·传·眭两夏侯京翼李传》
淮阳王如果能朝见，劝皇上实行考察官吏的制度，这是最好。如果不行，衹说丞相、中书令做事已很久但却没有治理好，可以罢免现在的丞相，让御史大夫郑弘来代替，让现在的中书令改任另外的官职，用钩盾令徐立代替他，这样，我的考察官吏的建议就可以施行了。 
淮阳王即朝见，劝上行考功，事善；不然，但言丞相、中书令任事久而不治，可休丞相，以御史大夫郑弘代之，迁中书令置他官，以钩盾令徐立代之，如此，房考功事得施行矣。 
“If the King of Huaiyang can have an audience, and urge the emperor to implement the system of inspecting officials, that would be best. If that is not possible, and he just says that the Imperial Chancellor and the Grand Secretary have been in office for a long time but have not put things in order, the present Imperial Chancellor could be removed from office and have his duties taken over by the Imperial Recorder Zheng Hong, while the present Grand Secretary could be moved to another official position where he would be replaced by the Commander of the Hook and Shield, Xu Li. In this way, my proposals on inspecting officials could be implemented.