《梁书·列传·卷四十五》
贞阳侯渡辽时要求带着三千名卫士，王僧辩担心他们策动变乱，衹肯接受一千名散卒而已，并且派出龙舟，带着皇上用的銮驾去迎接。
贞阳求渡卫士三千，僧辩虑其为变，止受散卒千人而已，并遣龙舟法驾往迎。
When the Marquis of Zhenyang wanted to cross the river to Liaodong, he asked to take three thousand guards with him, but Wang Sengbian, for fear of causing a disturbance, agreed only to let him take one thousand foot soldiers, and then he sent out dragon ships and used the emperor’s imperial carriage to receive them.