《资治通鉴·宋纪·宋纪十一》
沈怀文平日和颜竣、周朗关系不错，孝武帝对沈怀文说： 颜竣如果当初知道我会杀他，恐怕他也早就不致这样放肆无礼了。 
怀文素与颜竣、周朗善，上谓怀文曰： 竣若知我杀之，亦当不敢如此。 
Shen Huaiwen normally had a good relationship with Yan Jun and Zhou Lang, and Emperor Xiaowu said to Shen Huaiwen: "If Yan Jun had known that I would kill him, I'm afraid that he wouldn't have been so presumptuous."