《汉书·传·王贡两龚鲍传》
龚胜身居谏官之职后，多次上书求见，陈述百姓贫困，盗贼繁多，官吏不良，世风淡薄，灾异屡现，不能不担忧警醒。
胜居谏官，数上书求见，言百姓贫，盗贼多，吏不良，风俗薄，灾异数见，不可不忧。
When Gong Sheng took up his office as Censor, he repeatedly memorialised the throne for an audience, and set forth how the people were impoverished, how numerous were thieves and robbers, how corrupt were the officials, how indifferent the morals, how frequent were disasters and calamities, all of which could not but give cause for alarm and apprehension.