《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪三十八》
三天以后，章帝下诏将他们释放，说道： 我乐于听反对的意见，老先生并没有罪，只是诏书的斥责过分罢了，你们为什么要自投监狱！ 
三日，诏敕出之，曰： 国家乐闻驳议，黄发无愆。诏书过耳，何故自系！ 
Three days later, Emperor Zhang issued an edict releasing them, saying: "I welcome it when people disagree, and the old man has not committed any crimes. It was just that the language of the edict was inappropriate - why did you have to imprison yourselves?"