《宋书·列传·卷七十四》
他又请求北伐，明帝没有允许。回到朝廷当面陈述意见，又不被允许，只好再回到淮阴。
复求进讨，上不听，入朝面陈，又不许，复归淮阴。
He also asked to go on a northern expedition, but Mingdi did not allow it. He went back to court and made a personal statement, but he was not being allowed, so he had to go back to Huaiyin.