《后汉书·列传·左周黄列传》
延熹七年，黄琼病重，上疏劝谏说 ：我听说天者务在刚其气，君者务在强其政。
七年，疾笃，上疏谏曰：其年卒，时年七十九。
In the seventh year of Yanxi, Huang Qiong was seriously ill. He wrote a letter to advise him: I heard that the one who is in heaven is determined to make his qi strong, and the one who is a monarch is determined to make his government strong.