《三国志·蜀书·杜周杜许孟来尹李谯郤》
泰始三年才到，因他生病没有启用，被任命为拜骑都尉，谯周自己上疏陈述自己没有功劳却受封，请求归还爵位土地，朝廷都没有允许。
周遂舆疾诣洛，泰始三年至。以疾不起，就拜骑都尉，周乃自陈无功而封，求还爵土，皆不听许。
It was only in the third year of the Tai Shi period that, because of his illness, he was not commissioned, and was appointed as the Cavalry General. Qiao Zhou himself wrote a memorial to state that he had no merit but was enfeoffed, and requested to return his title and land, but the court did not allow it.