《新唐书·列传·卷一百二十九》
圣历二年，火星窜入舆鬼五星之间，武后问他吉凶，他答 ：大臣承当此凶。 
圣历二年，荧惑入舆鬼，后问其占，对曰： 大臣当之。 
In the second year of Shengli, the planet Mars came into conjunction with the five stars of the Yugui. Empress Wu asked him what good or bad it portended. He replied, “A high official will bring this evil on himself.”