《元史·列传·卷三十七》
太祖驾崩之后第二年，守贤至和林朝见摄政王拖雷，加官为金紫光禄大夫，知平阳府事，兼本路兵马都总管。太宗二年，蒙古军南伐，经过平阳，见田地荒芜，帝问守贤为何如此，守贤说 ：民贫穷，缺乏耕具，以致如此。 
既至，河东人皆曰： 吾等可恃以生矣。 岁戊子，朝于和林，加金紫光禄大夫，知平阳府事，兼本路兵马都总管。庚寅，太宗南伐，道平阳，见田野不治，以问守贤，对曰： 民贫窘，乏耕具致然。 
In the second year after the death of Taizu, Shou Xian went to He Lin to see the regent Drag King. He got the promotion of Jin Zi Guang Lu Da Fu, was in charge of Ping Yang Fu’s public affairs, and concurrently acted as the General Military Commander on the road. In the second year of Taizong, the Mongolian troops went south and passed Ping Yang. Seeing the desolation of the farmland, the emperor asked Shou Xian why this was, and Shou Xian said, “People are poor and lack farm tools, so it is like this."