《梁书·列传·卷四十八》
他生性拙朴，没有文采，但是到解释经文剖析经义的时候，却很有情趣，京城中那些有声望的儒生都称道他，看重他，助教孔余特别喜爱他的学说。
性拙朴无风采，及解经析理，甚有精致，京师旧儒咸称重之，助教孔佥尤好其学。
He was honest and unsophisticated by nature and had no talent for writing, but when it came to explaining scriptures and analyzing their meanings, he was very interesting, and the prestigious Confucian scholars in the capital praised and valued him, and the assistant teacher Kong Yu was especially fond of his theories.