《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪三十二》
按照地位的高低，一致推举梁统当大将军。梁统坚决推辞，于是推举窦融代理河西五郡大将军职务。武威太守马期、张掖太守任仲，全都孤立没有党援，于是窦融等写信给他们，告知形势。二人马上交出印章绶带离开。
武威太守马期、张掖太守任仲并孤立无党，乃共移书告示之，二人即解印绶去。
According to their statuses, they unanimously elected Liang Tong to be the Great General. Liang Tong resolutely declined, so they elected Dou Rong to act as the Great General of the five commanderies of Hexi. The Administrator of Wuwei Ma Qi and the Administrator of Zhangye Ren Zhong were isolated and had no support, so Dou Rong and the others sent letters to them, informing them of the situation. The two men immediately surrendered the seals and ribbons and left.