《文心雕龙·时序》
到了晋明帝，他天资聪明，素来好与文人学士会聚，从被立为太子到继位，都孜孜不懈地讲论六经，在写作诰书、策问上倾情注意研讨，在辞赋上发挥特长，庾亮因有写作才华愈加受到亲近，温峤因文思敏捷而越发受到厚待。晋明帝在提倡文风方面，算得上是东晋时代的汉武帝了。
逮明帝秉哲，雅好文会，升储御极，孳孳讲艺，练情于诰策，振采于辞赋，庾以笔才愈亲，温以文思益厚，揄扬风流，亦彼时之汉武也。
When it came to Emperor Ming of Jin, he was highly intelligent and had always enjoyed gathering with scholars and writers. From being appointed as prince to ascending to the throne, he tirelessly discussed the Six Classics, devoted himself to the study of writing edicts and questions, and gave full play to his strengths in writing poems and fu. He favored Yu Liang because of his talent in writing, and treated Wen Jiao favorably because of his quick thinking. Emperor Ming of Jin was considered the Emperor Wu of Han in the Eastern Jin Dynasty in terms of promoting literature.