《明史·列传·卷一百零六》
当时申时行任首辅、许国任次辅，三个人都是南畿人，而王锡爵与申时行同时在会试中举，并且在同一郡，在内阁中相处很好。
时时行为首辅，许国次之，三人皆南畿人，而锡爵与时行同举会试，且同郡，政府相得甚。
At that time, Shen Shixing was the head of the cabinet and Xu Guo was the assistant, all three of them were from south of the Jiangsu River area, while Wang Xijue and Shen Shixing passed the imperial examination at the same time and were in the same prefecture. They got along very well in the cabinet.