《新五代史·世家·南唐世家第二》
常梦锡当值宣政殿，专门掌管机密诰命，而冯延巳等人都靠奸邪谄媚专权，昊人称他们是 五鬼 。
梦锡直宣政殿，专掌密命，而延巳等皆以邪佞用事，吴人谓之 五鬼 。
Chang Mengxi was on duty at the Xuanzheng Hall, who was specially in charge of confidential edicts, while Feng Yansi and others relied on treacherous flattery to gain power, and the Soochow people called them "Five Ghosts".