《资治通鉴·宋纪·宋纪九》
刘劭马上继承帝位，颁布诏令，说： 徐湛之、江湛二人图谋反叛，逆弑皇上。我率领士卒入殿，已经来不及，只能悲号痛哭，心肝欲裂。
劭遽即位；下诏曰： 徐湛之、江湛弑逆无状，吾勒兵入殿，已无所及，号惋崩衄，肝心破裂。
Liu Shao immediately succeeded to the throne and issued an edict that said: Xu Zhanshi and Jiang Zhan conspired to rebel and murdered the emperor in cold blood. I led the soldiers in to the palace, but it was too late, and I could only stand there weeping mournfully, my heart torn apart.