《明史·列传·卷七十》
不久，孝宗召见他，孝宗说： 朕数次任用你，你数次称病而去是为什么？ 
既召见，帝曰： 朕数用卿，数引疾何也？ 
Not long after, Emperor Xiaozong summoned him and said: I have called upon your services on several occasions, why have you repeatedly claimed illness and left?