《明史·列传·卷八十五》
大臣对于君主和对于父亲是一样的，既不忍心看到孝宗没有后继者，又怎么忍心看到武宗没有接班人呢？
臣子于君父一也，既不忍孝宗之无嗣，独忍武宗之无嗣乎？
Ministers are the same to the monarch and their father. They cannot bear to see Emperor Xiaozong without successors or Emperor Wuzong without successors.