《明史·本纪·卷二十》
万历四十年春二月十九日，吏部尚书孙丕扬上书自去官职回乡。三月十二日，赈济京师流民。夏四月初二，南京各道御史进言： 官衙空缺，各方面事务废堕，皇上深居宫中二十余年，未接见过大臣，天下将有失去的危险。 
三月乙巳，赐沈懋学等进士及第、出身有差。夏五月癸巳，广东罗旁瑶平。
On the twenty-first day of the second month of the lunar calendar in the 40th year of Wanli's reign, Minister of Personnel Sun Pi Yang submitted a resignation letter to return home. On March 12, the capital's vagrants were relieved. On the second day of the fourth month of summer, the imperial censors from Nanjing remonstrated: Official positions were vacant, and various affairs were neglected. The emperor had lived deep in the palace for more than 20 years and had not met with the ministers. There would be a danger of losing the world. 