《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪十六》
霍夫人大为惊恐，便将此事的来龙去脉全部告诉霍光，并说： 既然作出如此失策之事，只能让审案官员不要逼迫淳于衍！ 
显恐急，即以状具语光，因曰： 既失计为之，无令吏急衍！ 
Lady Huo was terrified, so she told Huo Guang everything about this matter and said: Since he has made such a mistake, we can only ask the investigating officials not to force Chunyu Yan!