《宋书·列传·卷七十六》
到后多次上书进谏劝说。又当面流泪请求缓和刑罚不要屠杀，来安定天下人民，前废帝大怒。
及至，屡表谏诤，又流涕请缓刑去杀，以安元元。少帝大怒。
After arriving, he repeatedly wrote to the emperor to advise and persuade. He also wept in front of the emperor to ask him to relax the punishment, not to kill, so as to stabilize the people of the world, the former emperor was furious.