《资治通鉴·唐纪·唐纪八十》
当时朱全忠听说李茂贞、杨崇本将要起兵进逼京畿，恐怕他们再次劫持昭宗西去凤翔，想要迎接昭宗建都洛阳，于是接受了王师范投降，选择诸将守卫登、莱、淄、棣等州，当即以王师范暂时为淄表留后。
时硃全忠闻李茂贞、杨崇本将起兵逼京畿，恐其复劫天子西去，欲迎车驾都洛阳，乃受师范降，选诸将使守登、莱、淄、棣等州，即以师范权淄青留后。
At that time, when Zhu Quanzhong heard that Li Maozhen and Yang Chongben were about to raise an army to approach the capital, he was afraid that they would once again kidnap Zhaozong to Fengxiang in the west, and wanted to invite Zhaozhong to establish his capital in Luoyang, so he accepted Wang Shifan's surrender and selected generals to guard Deng, Lai, Zi, and Di states, and immediately appointed Wang Shifan as the temporary Zi Biao.