《资治通鉴·梁纪·梁纪十七》
但萧衍知道他的气数已尽，自己辞掉了皇帝的宝座；我的军队没有进入梁都，他就已舍身同泰寺了。
而萧衍识此运终，自辞宝位；臣军未入其国，已投同泰舍身。
But Xiao Yan knew that his time was up and he abdicated. My army had not yet entered the Liang capital when he took his own life in the Tai Temple.