《明史·列传·卷八十七》
回家才数月，又起用他做南京兵部尚书，他坚决辞让，不肯接受任命。
归数月，复起南京兵部尚书，固辞不拜。
Months after his return home, he was appointed as the Minister of War in Nanjing. He firmly declined and refused to accept the appointment.