《旧五代史·其它·外国列传二》
这时嘉施等人来京师请求朝廷委派将帅，王峻即向皇上建议说，凉州深入夷狄之地，中原政府未曾任命官吏，请招募帅府中能率领供奉官前往任职的人，一个多月，没有人应募，于是王峻上奏起用申师厚为左卫将军，不久又授他为河西节度使。
而嘉施等来请帅，峻即建言，凉州深入夷狄，中国未尝命吏，请帅募府率供奉官能往者。月余，无应募者，乃奏起师厚为左卫将军，已而拜河西节度使。
At this time, Jia Shi and others came to the capital to ask the imperial court to appoint generals, and Wang Jun suggested to the emperor that Liangzhou was deep in the land of the barbarians, and the Central Plains government had never appointed officials. He asked to recruit people from the government who could lead the worshipers. Go to office, more than a month, no one responded, so Wang Jun played and promoted Shen Shihou as the general of the left guard, and soon he was awarded the governor of Hexi.