《明史·列传·卷一百三十一》
天启元年四月回到朝廷，首先进呈 中和 的言论，说： 现在国家这个样子，都是二十年来各大臣纷争酿造成的。
天启元年四月还朝，首进和衷之说，言： 今日国事，皆二十年诸臣酝酿所成。
In April of the first year of Tianqi, he returned to the court and first presented the theory of "Harmony", saying: "The current state of the country is caused by the disputes among the ministers in the past twenty years."