《魏书·列传·卷四十三》
刘芳为诸僧抄写经论，字迹很漂亮，一卷价格一匹布，一年之中能收入百余匹布，像这样持续了数十年，赖此度日，情况渐渐好起来。
芳常为诸僧佣写经论，笔迹称善，卷直以一缣，岁中能入百余匹，如此数十年，赖以颇振。
Liu Fang copied scriptures for the monks, and his handwriting was very beautiful. A volume was worth a piece of cloth. He could earn over a hundred pieces of cloth each year. This lasted for over decades, and he gradually improved his own life. 