《梁书·列传·卷四十八》
近来时常开馆讲学，许多儒生如刘画、沈宏、沈熊之流，都到他的讲坛之下拜他为师，带着经书去听他讲授，这些人没有一个不叹服，人人都没有批评的话。
比日时开讲肆，群儒刘岩、沈宏、沈熊之徒，并执经下坐，北面受业，莫不叹服，人无间言。
Recently, he has often given lectures at the academy. A large number of Confucian scholars, such as Liu Fa, Shen Hong, and Shen Xiong, came to his academy as apprentices. They brought their books and listened to his lectures. None of them were dissatisfied, and everyone had no choice but to obey.