《旧唐书·列传·卷一百零七》
王彦威在礼部阁搜集隋以来朝廷沿革及五种吉凶礼仪的资料，按类区分，编成三十卷献给朝廷，取名为《元和新礼》，因而知名，朝廷特授他太常博士。
彦威于礼阁掇拾自隋已来朝廷沿革、吉凶五礼，以类区分，成三十卷献之，号曰《元和新礼》，由是知名，特授太常博士。
Wang Yanwei collected materials on the evolution of the court since the Sui Dynasty and the five types of auspicious and inauspicious ceremonies in the Ministry of Rites, and compiled them into thirty volumes, which he presented to the court under the title "Yuan and New Rites". This made him famous, and the court specially granted him the title of Taichang Boshi.