《资治通鉴·魏纪·魏纪二》
二月，在邺城为文昭皇后设立陵园，王朗前往陵园巡视，见那里的百姓多数贫困，而明帝当时正在修建宫室，王朗上书劝谏说： 从前大禹要拯救天下的人民免于灾难，所以先使自己的宫室尽量简陋，衣食尽量节俭；越王勾践为拓展御儿的疆界，也约束自己和家人，节俭家用补充国用；汉朝的文帝、景帝，为了发扬祖先的事业，停修了自己很喜欢、而且只需要百金的楼台，只穿很俭朴的粗厚衣；霍去病仅是个中等才能的将领仍认为匈奴尚未消灭，不置宅邸。
二月，立文昭皇后寝园于鄴。王朗往视园陵，见百姓多贫困，而帝方营修宫室，朗上疏谏曰： 昔大禹欲拯天下之大患，故先卑其宫室，俭其衣食；勾践欲广其御儿之疆，亦约其身以及家，俭其家以施国；汉之文、景欲恢弘祖业，故割意于百金之台，昭俭于弋绨之服；霍去病中才之将，犹以匈奴未灭，不治第宅。
In the second month, a mausoleum was set up for Empress Wenzhao in Yecheng. Wang Lang went to inspect the mausoleum and saw that the majority of the people there were poor, while Emperor Ming was building palaces at the time. Wang Lang presented a letter of advice, saying: "In the past, King Yu wanted to save the people of the world from disaster, so he first made his own palace as simple as possible and his food and clothing as frugal as possible; King Goujian of Yue, in order to expand the territory of his imperial son, also restrained himself and his family, saving household expenses to supplement national expenses; Emperor Wen of Han and Emperor Jing, in order to carry forward the cause of their ancestors, stopped building their favorite towers, which only cost a hundred gold, and only wore very simple cloth clothes; Huo Qubing, only a general of moderate ability, still thought that the Huns had not been eliminated, and he did not establish a mansion.