《南史·列传·卷三十七》
当时有三头大象到了江陵城北几里地的地方，沈攸之自己出去杀死了它们，忽然有流箭聚落在沈攸之所骑马的障泥上面，后来刺客事情暴露。
时有象三头至江陵城北数里，攸之自出格杀之，忽有流矢集攸之马鄣泥，其后刺客事发。
At the time, three large elephants arrived near Jiangling city a few kilometers north, Shen Youzhi personally went out and killed them. Suddenly there was a fire arrow which landed on the fender of Shen Youzhi's mount, and the assassination conspiracy was eventually exposed.