《南史·列传·卷三十二》
他的父亲张畅临终时对几个儿子说： 从前丞相发难，我因为不肯随同将要被杀，因为司马竺超人的援救，得以活了下来，你们一定要报答他的儿子。 
父畅临终谓诸子曰： 昔丞相事难，吾以不同将见杀，缘司马竺超人得活，尔等必报其子。 
When his father Zhang Chang was on his deathbed, he told his sons, "Some time ago, when the prime minister was in trouble and I refused to join him, I was on the point of being executed, but thanks to the extraordinary assistance of Sima Zhu, I survived. You must certainly repay his son."