《明史·列传·卷一百九十七》
自成召见朝官，他南面而坐，牛金星、刘宗敏、宋企郊等人在左右杂坐，依次喊各人的名字，分三等授以官职。
召见朝官，自成南响坐，金星、宗敏、企郊等左右杂坐，以次呼名，分三等授职。
Lizicheng summoned the court officials, he sat facing the south, while Niu Jinxing, Liu Zongmin, Song Qijiao and others sat around him. Then he called their names in order and granted them official titles in three grades.