《宋史·列传·卷一百六十四》
当初，陈宜中在梦中有人告诉他说： 今年天灾流行，将有一半人死去，吃大黄的人能活命。 不久瘟疫流行，吃大黄的人果然不死，刘黻病后，陈宜中命令他吃大黄，最终也没救活他。
初，陈宜中梦人告之曰： 今年天灾流行，人死且半，服大黄者生。 继而疫疠大作，服者果得不死，及黻病，宜中令服之，终莫能救。
At the beginning, Chen Yizhong dreamed that someone told him: "This year, natural disasters are rampant, and half of the people will die. Eating rhubarb will save their lives." Soon the plague spread, and the people who ate rhubarb did not die. After Liu Fu fell ill, Chen Yizhong ordered him to eat rhubarb, but it did not save him in the end.