《南史·列传·卷二十二》
他的《自序》中说： 我少年的时候就好抄书，老年的时候更甚，虽然是偶尔读到、斜眼看见，都把它们记录下来。
其自序云： 馀少好抄书，老而弥笃，虽偶见瞥观，皆即疏记。
In his "Autobiography", he said: When I was young, I loved to copy books, and I became even more so in my old age. I recorded everything I read, even if I only caught a glimpse of it.