《宋书·列传·卷六十》
车骑将军王弘称赞他： 沉着稳重、朴质无华，有平阳侯的风度。 升任散骑常侍，又上表给皇帝： 臣见朝中百官的次序，陈留王在零陵王之上，我私下认为这有不恰当的地方。过去武王消灭殷商，将神农的后代封赏在焦，黄帝的后人封赏在祝，帝尧的后人封赏在蓟，帝舜的后人封赏在陈，夏的后人封赏在杞，殷的后人封赏在宋。
昔武王克殷，封神农之后于焦，黄帝之后于祝，帝尧之后于蓟，帝舜之后于陈，夏后于巳，殷后于宋。
General-of-the-chariots Wang Hong praised him as being collected, stable, and honest, and with the demeanor of the Marquis of Pingyang. Being promoted to assistant of the Imperial Riders, he submitted a memorial to the emperor which read: I, your subject, observe an erroneous hierarchy of the officials in the court, with the Prince of Chenliu ranked above the Prince of Lingling. I think this to be inappropriate. In the past, when King Wu destroyed the Shang dynasty, he rewarded the descendant of Shennong with the fief of Jiao, the descendant of the Yellow Emperor with Zhu, the descendant of Emperor Yao with Ji, the descendant of Emperor Shun with Chen, the descendant of the Xia dynasty with Qi, and the descendant of the Shang dynasty with Song.