《梁书·本纪·卷二》
我临朝听政很晚才罢退，想着开辟政治方略，虽然百官卿士，有什么感想必然向我奏报，但边远蓄积的声息，不达朝廷。
朕听朝晏罢，思阐政术，虽百辟卿士，有怀必闻，而蓄响边遐，未臻魏阙。
I worked in the court until very late before retiring, trying to devise political strategies, and although the civil officials and officials of noble rank would report their ideas to me, the news from the border regions did not reach the court.