《明史·列传·卷一百七十一》
二十岁中举，后受业于王守仁。嘉靖五年考进士，但与钱德洪都未参加廷试而归。
嘉靖五年举进士，与钱德洪并不就廷对归。
At the age of 20, he passed the provincial examination. Later, he studied under Wang Shouren. In the fifth year of the Jiajing period, he passed the imperial examination, but neither he nor Qian Dehong participated in the court examination and returned home.