《明史·列传·卷一百六十四》
当地的士绅、百姓因为曾樱家里清贫，为他凑钱准备了行装，几千名老年人跟着他到京师敲登闻鼓，为他诉冤。
士民以樱贫，为醵金办装，耆老数千人随至阙下，击登闻鼓讼冤。
The local gentry and people, because Zengying's family was poor, raised money for him to prepare his luggage, and thousands of elderly people followed him to Beijing to knock on the Dengwen Drum to sue him.