《明史·列传·卷八十四》
奏章在皇帝那里放了八天，正好七月初一日食，过后，世宗亲写诏令下来说 ：老天日食超过常分，正犯着下级欺慢上级的过错，现在我命令剥夺夏言的官职，让他回家闲住。 
疏留八日，会七月朔日食既，下手诏曰： 日食过分，正坐下慢上之咎，其落言职闲住。 
The memorial was left in the emperor's palace for eight days, it was exactly the first of July and there was a solar eclipse. Afterwards, Emperor Jiajing personally wrote an edict saying: "The solar eclipse is beyond the normal rule, it is a result of the offense that the lower level committed against the higher level. Now I order to deprive Xia Yan of his official post and let him go home to stay idle."