《资治通鉴·唐纪·唐纪四十五》
接着，刘从一以及朝中大臣不断奏请将萧复留在朝中，德宗对陆贽说： 朕想起出行以来，长江、淮河地区远在一方，有时会有消息传闻失实，所以打算派遣朝中居于重要职位的大臣前去安抚，朕与宰相和朝中大臣商量此事，都说应当这么做。
既而刘从一及朝士往往奏留复，上谓陆贽曰： 朕思迁幸以来，江、淮远方，或传闻过实，欲遣重臣宣慰，谋于宰相及朝士，佥谓宜然。
Then, Liu Congyi and the ministers of the court continuously requested that Xiao Fu be kept at the court, and Dezong said to Lu Zhi: Ever since I set out on the journey, the areas of the Yangtze River and the Huai River were far away, and sometimes what I heard was incorrect, so I had planned to send an important official who lives at the court to comfort them, and I talked about this with the prime minister and the ministers of the court, and we all said that this should be done.