《宋书·列传·卷六十七》
谢灵运听说此事，马上骑马到京城上书说：臣下我自从带病回家，到今天已经三年，居住的地方不在城市，和世人相隔很远，呆在僻偏的穷山岩洞之间，几乎中断了和外界的联系。
灵运驰出京都，诣阙上表曰： 臣自抱疾归山，于今三载，居非郊郭，事乖人间，幽栖穷岩，外缘两绝，守分养命，庶毕余年。
When Xie Lingyun heard of this, he immediately rode to the capital to write a book and said: My minister has been sick at home for three years since I went home. The place where I live is not in the city, and I am far away from the world. I stay in the remote mountains and caves. The connection with the outside world is almost cut off.