《南齐书·列传·卷四十三》
等拜任骠骑，会集族中子弟，他对王思远的哥哥思微说： 隆昌末年，阿戎劝我自杀，如果听了他的话，我还有今天吗。 
及拜骠骑，集会子弟，谓思远兄思微曰： 隆昌之末，阿戎劝吾自裁。若从其语，岂有今日？ 
When he was appointed as a general of the cavalry and gathered his clansmen, he said to Wang Siyuan's elder brother, Siwei: At the end of the Longchang era, A Rong persuaded me to commit suicide. If I had listened to him, would I still be here today?