《明史·列传·卷一百九十六》
严嵩想向同事表示尊重，并且也想阻止人们的论劾，因此而显现夏言的短处，便请求皇上凡要召见他时，请让成国公朱希忠、京山侯崔元以及许赞、张璧一同进去，就像祖宗接见蹇义、原吉和三杨的故事。皇上没有听从，不过心里更喜欢严嵩，将他累升为吏部尚书、谨身殿大学士、少傅兼太子太师。
嵩欲示厚同列，且塞言者意，因以显夏言短，乃请凡有宣召，乞与成国公朱希忠、京山侯崔元及赞、璧偕入，如祖宗朝謇、夏、三杨故事，帝不听，然心益喜嵩，累进吏部尚书、谨身殿大学士、少傅兼太子太师。
Yan Song wanted to show respect to his colleagues, and also wanted to stop people from talking about him, so he showed Xia Yan's shortcomings. He asked the emperor to let Cheng Guogong Zhu Xizhong, Jingshan Hou Cui Yuan, Xu Zan and Zhang Bi go in together when he wanted to summon him, just like the story of the ancestor receiving Jian Yi, Yuan Ji and the three Yangs. The emperor did not listen, but he liked Yan Song more and promoted him to the Minister of Personnel, the Grand Scholar of Jinshen Hall, and the Junior Fu and the Grand Master of the Crown Prince.