《南齐书·本纪·卷二》
宋代因为有衰亡征兆，气数已尽，想光大德业，乐于禅让，这是明了朝代更替的长远之见，于是上天赐予的禄位就集中到了我身上。
宋氏以陵夷有徵，历数攸及，思弘乐推，永鉴崇替，爰集天禄于朕躬。
The Song dynasty, because its time was up and its fate was exhausted, wished to glorify its virtues and be happy to abdicate, which was a long-term view of the changing of the dynasties, and so the mandate of Heaven bestowed on it was concentrated on me.