《明史·列传·卷一百六十五》
八年春季朝廷起用他做山东佥事，他又两次上书极力推辞。
八年春，起山东佥事，复两疏力辞。
In the spring of the eighth year, the imperial court appointed him as a Shandong assistant censor, and he again wrote twice to strongly decline.