《资治通鉴·梁纪·梁纪二十一》
当时群臣大多是荆州人，都说： 周弘正等是东边的人，当然一心要回东边去，他们的主张恐怕不是什么好主意。 
时群臣多荆州人，皆曰： 弘正等东人也，志愿东下，恐非良计。 
At the time, the majority of the officials were from the Jingzhou region and said, “Zhou Hongzheng and his ilk are from the east, so of course they would want to head back to the east. Their ideas are probably not very good.”