《明史·列传·卷一百六十九》
他亲自督促百姓开垦荒地，收割庄稼，砍伐木材以备营造和修理房舍，发展商业，交纳汜水县所欠官课，而且官府还有储备，百姓不受侵扰。
躬督民辟荒土，收谷麦，伐材木，备营缮，通商贾，完逋责，官有储积，民无科扰。
He personally oversaw the people's cultivation of wastelands, harvesting of crops, and felling of trees to prepare for the construction and repair of houses, the development of commerce, and the payment of Sishu county's outstanding official taxes. Moreover, the government had reserves, and the people were not harassed.