《三国志·蜀书·关张马黄赵传》
章武元年，马超升任为骠骑将军，兼任凉州牧，被晋封为剺乡侯，并诏令说： 朕依靠着微薄的品德，获得了至尊之位，接管汉室，延续汉室宗庙。
章武元年，迁骠骑将军，领凉州牧，进封斄乡侯，策曰： 朕以不德，获继至尊，奉承宗庙。
In the first year of Zhangwu, Ma Chao was promoted to General of the Chariot and Cavalry and assumed the post of Governor of Liang Province. He was granted the title of Marquis of Xiangxiang and received an imperial edict stating, "I, the Son of Heaven, rely on my humble virtue to acquire the supreme position, to take over the Han Dynasty, and to continue the Han Dynasty's ancestral temple."