《资治通鉴·唐纪·唐纪二十七》
民间纷纷谣传唐玄宗将挑选美女以充实后宫，玄宗听到了这种传闻后，八月，乙丑，下令有关部门在崇明门准备好车辆和牛马，然后亲自从后宫中选出多余的宫女，让他们坐车回家，并且发布敕命说： 朕对于后宫中的宫女，尚且要遣返回家，对于民间女子会怎么样，应当是可想而知的事情。 
民间讹言上采择女子以充掖庭。上闻之，八月，乙丑，令有司具车牛于崇明门，自选后宫无用者载还其家；敕曰： 燕寝之内，尚令罢遣；闾阎之间，足可知悉。 
It was widely rumored that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang would select beautiful women to enrich the harem, after hearing the rumors, on Yi Chou in August, Emperor Xuanzong ordered the relevant departments to prepare vehicles and horses at the Chongming Gate, and personally selected the redundant maids of honor from the harem to send them home by vehicles, and issued an imperial edict saying: "For the female officials in the harem, I must send them back home, what will happen to the women in the folks, it should be obvious."