《史记·十二本纪·吕太后本纪》
他就和太仆汝阴侯滕公进入宫内，上前对少帝说： 你不是刘氏的人，不应当立为皇帝。 
乃与太仆汝阴侯滕公入宫，前谓少帝曰： 足下非刘氏，不当立。 
Accordingly he entered with T’eng Kung, Marquis of Ju-yin, and said to the young Emperor: “You are not of the Liu family, and should not have been made emperor.”