《明史·列传·卷一百七十一》
在福建三年，后调任南京大理寺卿，随即升兵部右侍郎，改左侍郎，又调任北京兵部左侍郎。
居三年，入为南京大理卿，就迁兵部右侍郎，改左，调北部。
After staying in Fujian for three years, he was transferred to serve as Department Chief of Dàlǐ Temple in Nanjing, and was then quickly promoted to Right Assistant Minister of War, and then to Left Assistant Minister of War, and then to Left Assistant Minister of War in Beijing.