《隋书·列传·卷十二》
在绛州，曾慨然有退隐之志，他给子弟们写信说： 我因生在世家大族，一向蒙受家族恩典，因此为官，到处奔走，到现在已经四、五十年了。
在州尝慨然有止足之志，与子弟书曰： 吾生因绪馀，夙沾缨弁，驱驰不已，四纪于兹。
In Jiangzhou, he once had the ambition to retire, and he wrote to his children: "I was born in a famous family, and I have always been blessed by my family, so I became an official and ran around. It's been four or fifty years now.