《资治通鉴·梁纪·梁纪二》
录尚书事元勰和尚书邢峦也上奏，认为： 甄琛所讲的，坐着谈论则高明合理，而实际执行则行不通。
录尚书事勰、尚书邢峦奏，以为： 琛之所陈，坐谈则理高，行之则事阙。
Yuan Xie, who was acting as Grand Master of the Imperial Secretariat at the time, and the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat, Xing Luan, also submitted a memorial, saying: "What Zhen Chen says is plausible in theory but impractical in reality."