《资治通鉴·隋纪·隋纪六》
朱燮本来是还俗的和尚，他涉猎经史，很懂得兵法。他个子很小，是昆山县的博士。他和几十名学生起兵后，那些苦于官府赋役的百姓都去投奔他。
燮本还俗道人，涉猎经史，颇知兵法，形容眇小，为昆山县博士，与数十学生起兵，民苦役者赴之如归。
Zhu Xie used to be a monk who had returned to secular life. He studied classics and history and was very knowledgeable about military strategy. He was very short and was a doctor in Kunshan County. After he and dozens of his students raised an army, the people who were suffering from the government's taxes and services all went to join him.