《资治通鉴·唐纪·唐纪二十八》
后来张说私下里请求吴兢将这段记载略改几字，吴兢始终没有答应，他说： 我要是曲从您的要求，《则天实录》就不再是秉笔直书的信史，将何以取信于后人呢！ 
其后说阴祈兢改数字，兢终不许，曰： 若徇公请，则此史不为直笔，何以取信于后！ 
Afterwards, Zhang Shuo privately requested Wu Jing to slightly alter a few words in this record, but Wu Jing never agreed. He said: If I accommodated your request, the "True Record of Heavenly Empress" would no longer be a veritable history written with integrity, and how could it be trusted by future generations!