《资治通鉴·唐纪·唐纪五十四》
李师道等人屡次上表请求为王承宗平反，朝廷也由于长期用兵，无所建树，丁未，宪宗便颁布制书为王承宗平反，任命他为成德军节度使，将德州与棣州两地重新归属给他，将各道行营的将士们全部遣还，一共向他们颁赐布帛二十八万端匹，还加封刘济为中书令。
李师道等数上表请雪承宗，朝廷亦以师久无功，丁未，制洗雪承宗，以为成德军节度使，复以德、棣二州与之。悉罢诸道行营将士，共赐布帛二十八万端匹，加刘济中书令。
Li Shidao and others repeatedly submitted memorials begging the court to clear Wang Chengzong's name, and the court, having fought a long campaign without much success, issued an imperial edict on dingwei day exonerating Wang Chengzong and appointing him as military governor of Chengde, returning Dezhow and Dizhou to him, and dispersing the troops from the campaigns in all the circuits, awarding them a total of 280,000 bolts of cloth, and also promoting Liu Ji to Minister of the Secretariat.