《明史·列传·卷八十一》
袁炜以会写文章自负，看到别人的作品稍不如意就大加讥笑，翰林院的学士们出自他门下的，更被他训斥得难以忍受，因此人们都怕他也讨厌他。
炜自负能文，见他人所作，稍不当意，辄肆诋诮。馆阁士出其门者，斥辱尤不堪，以故人皆畏而恶之。
Yuan Wei was proud of his ability to write articles. When he saw that other people's works were slightly unsatisfactory, he would make a lot of ridicule. The academicians in the Hanlin Academy who came under him were scolded by him intolerably, so people were afraid of him and disgusted with him.