《南史·列传·卷五十》
当时鄱阳嗣王萧范得到了班固所写的《汉书》真本献给了东宫，皇太子让刘之遴与张缵、到溉、陆襄等参校异同，刘之遴录下了其中相异的地方几十处，其大略是说： 按古本《汉书》说是永平十六年五月二十一日己酉，郎班固上，而今本没有上书的年月日。
时鄱阳嗣王范得班固所撰汉书真本献东宫，皇太子令之遴与张缵、到溉、陆襄等参校异同，之遴录其异状数十事，其大略云： 案古本汉书称永平十六年五月二十一日己酉，郎班固上，而今本无上书年月日子。
At that time, King Simu of Poyang, Xiao Fan, obtained the original edition of Ban Gu's "History of the Han Dynasty" and presented it to the East Palace. The Crown Prince asked Liu Zhilin to collate the differences with Zhang Yan, Dao Gai, Lu Xiang, and others. Liu Zhilin recorded dozens of differences, the main one being: According to the ancient edition of "History of the Han Dynasty," on May 21, the sixteenth year of Yongping, the official Ban Gu submitted it, while the current edition does not have the date of submission.