《明史·列传·卷一百零四》
起初，廷议起用李三才没有裁决，公鼐扬言说： 现在封封疆倚重的人，大都路途遥远没有到任。
初，廷议李三才起用不决，鼐飏言曰： 今封疆倚重者，多远道未至。
At first, the court debate had no conclusion on using Li Sancai, Gong Nai expressed his opinion and said: “Now we rely on people far away, most of them didn’t arrive yet.”