《汉书·传·循吏传》
他见蜀郡位处偏远僻陋的边疆地区，受少数民族落后风俗的影响，便想从多方面教导启发而使之进步，于是挑选郡县小吏中开明敏睿又有才能的如张叔等十多人，亲自对他们诫诲勉励，并送往首都长安，或随博士学习儒家经传，或向文吏学习法律条令；减损郡少府的费用开支，购买蜀地名贵特产金刀蜀布，让掌管计簿的官员上京汇报情况时带上，赠送给博士们。
见蜀地辟陋有蛮夷风，文翁欲诱进之，乃选郡县小吏开敏有材者张叔等十余人亲自饬厉，遣诣京师，受业博士，或学律令。减省少府用度，买刀布蜀物，赍计吏以遗博士。
He saw that Shu Commandery was located in a remote border area and was influenced by the backward customs of ethnic minorities. he wanted to teach and inspire in many ways to make progress, so he selected more than ten people from the county officials, such as Zhang Shu, who were open-minded, intelligent and talented, personally exhorted and encouraged them, and sent them to the capital Chang'an to study Confucian classics and history with doctors or to study laws and regulations with civil servants; he reduced the expenses of the county's small palace, purchased Shu's famous specialties, golden knives, Shu cloth, and asked the officials in charge of keeping the books to report to the capital and present them to the doctors.