《梁书·列传·卷二十》
当年您顺应时机的变化，遇到了明主高祖，建功立业，成为开国功臣，拥有豪华的朱轮车舆，持节统制万里疆域，这是何等壮观啊怎么一日之间就变成了亡命之徒，听到响箭的声音大腿就颤抖，而对着胡人的毡帐却要卑躬屈膝，逭又是何等卑劣啊推求您去梁而就北魏的动机，没有其他原因，仅仅因为您自己的内心不能反复思考，外加受到流言的影响，迷惑狂妄，以至于今天的地步。
昔因机变化，遭逢明主，立功立事，开国承家，硃轮华毂，拥旄万里，何其壮也！如何一旦为奔亡之虏，闻鸣镝而股战，对穹庐以屈膝，又何劣耶？寻君去就之际，非有他故，直以不能内审诸己，外受流言，沉迷猖蹶，以至于此。
In those days, you followed the changes of the times, and encountered the wise ruler, Gaozu. You established great accomplishments and became a founding official, riding in a grand carriage with red wheels, and controlling ten thousand li with your authority. How magnificent was that? And yet, how is it that in just one day, you have become a fugitive, trembling at the sound of an arrow, and bending subserviently before the felt tents of the barbarians? How base is that! One can only surmise that your decision to leave Liang for Northern Wei was not based on any other reason than your own failure to think things through, and the influence of malicious gossip, leading you astray.