《梁书·列传·卷十四》
永元年间，崔慧景兴兵包围京城，士绅官宦都去投名帖，拜谒结交，江淹却假称有病不去。
永元中，崔慧景举兵围京城，衣冠悉投名刺，淹称疾不往。
During the Yongyuan Era, Cui Huijing raised an army and surrounded the capital, all scholars, gentry, officials, and nobles went to cast down their name cards, pay respects, and make connections with him, but Jiang Yan pretended to be ill and did not go.