《明史·列传·卷一百九十五》
端午节时，皇上去射柳，纪纲嘱咐镇抚使庞瑛说： 我故意射不中，你去折下柳枝。鼓噪说中了，试试众人的心意如何。 
端午，帝射柳，纲属镇抚庞瑛曰： 我故射不中，若折柳鼓噪，以觇众意。 
On the Dragon Boat Festival when the emperor was shooting at willows, Ji Gang told the pacification commissioner Pang Ying: I will miss deliberately, you go and break off the willow branches, and create a tumult saying that I hit the target to test the loyalty of the people.