《北史·列传·卷四十三》
宫殿建成后，武成帝嫌不够高大宏丽，子琮说： 陛下您从小就继承管理天下的大业，想养成淳厚节俭的风气，以昭示天下万邦。
成，帝怪其不宏丽，子琮曰： 至尊幼承大业，欲令敦俭，以示万邦。
After the palace was completed, Emperor Wu Cheng was dissatisfied that it was not grand or magnificent enough. Zizong said: "Your Majesty succeeded to the great cause of governing the country from childhood, hoping to improve the honest and frugal social atmosphere, and to demonstrate it to the world.