《论衡·卷十三·超奇篇》
古代很遥远，四处偏僻隐蔽，动笔作文的人，记录有困难，那么暂时就近用自己家乡会稽的事来说。周长生是文人当中的魁首，在州府，是为剌吏任安起草奏章，在郡府，也是为太守孟观写奏章，解决了麻烦事消除了忧患，使得州郡无事，二位地方长官的职位得以保全。
古昔之远，四方辟匿，文墨之士，难得纪录，且近自以会稽言之，周长生者，文士之雄也，在州，为刺史任安举奏；在郡，为太守孟观上书，事解忧除，州郡无事，二将以全。
Ancient times were far removed and distant; for those who wanted to write, it was difficult to record anything. So temporarily, the author would record events in his hometown of Kuaiji. Zhou Changsheng was a prominent man of letters who drafted memorials for Prefect Ren An in the prefecture and Prefect Meng Guan in the 郡府, resolved their difficulties, eliminated their worries, brought peace to their regions, and thus preserved these two county-level officials' positions.