《资治通鉴·梁纪·梁纪十六》
大行台左丞蓝田人王悦对宇文泰说： 侯景同高欢之间，开始是亲密的乡党关系，最终变成了君臣关系，侯景位居上将，权倾朝廷；而今高欢刚刚死去，侯景便很快外叛，这是因为他的图谋很大，终不甘居人下的缘故。
大行台左丞蓝田王悦言于泰曰： 侯景之于高欢，始敦乡党之情，终定君臣之契，任居上将，位重台司；今欢始死，景遽外叛，盖所图甚大，终不为人下故也。
The left servant of Da Xingtai, Wang Yue, a man from Lantian, said to Yuwentai: "Hou Jing and Gao Huan started with a close relationship between their hometowns and eventually became a monarch-subject relationship, and Hou Jing was in a high position and was in power. The court; now that Gao Huan has just died, Hou Jing has quickly rebelled outside, because he has a grand plan and is unwilling to be inferior to others."