《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪十六》
尚未举行祭祀宗庙的大礼，就颁发正式诏书，派使者携带皇帝符节，以三牛、三羊、三猪的祭祀大礼前往祭祀其父昌邑哀王的陵庙，还自称 嗣子皇帝 。
祖宗庙祠未举，为玺书，使使者持节以三太牢祠昌邑哀王园庙，称 嗣子皇帝 。
Before the grand ceremony of sacrificing to the ancestral temple was held, he issued an official edict and sent an envoy carrying the emperor's tally to offer the grand ceremony of sacrificing three cows, three sheep, and three pigs to his father, the Mausoleum of King Ai of Changyi, and he also called himself the emperor's successor.