《容斋随笔·卷六·杜悰》
拒绝了对他的暗示。杨公庆走后，杜悰对两位枢密使说： 内外大臣所办的事情目标是一致的，现在皇上刚登上皇位，应该把仁爱放在前面，怎么能赞成杀宰相这类事。
公庆去，悰谓两枢密曰： 内外之臣，事犹一体。今主上新践阼，固当以仁爱为先，岂得遽赞成杀宰相事！
Rebuffing his insinuations, Du Guang, after Yang Gongqing departed, spoke to the two Pivotal Secretaries, saying: “The affairs that are undertaken by the officials of the court and the provincials all share the same objectives. Now that His Majesty has only recently ascended to the throne, he should place benevolence at the forefront; how can he possibly endorse such proposals as that the Chief Minister be killed?”