《资治通鉴·梁纪·梁纪十八》
侯景乞求朝廷割让长江西面的四个州给他，又表示得让宣城王萧大器出来相送，然后他才渡过长江。
景乞割江右四州之地，并求宣城王大器出送，然后济江。
Hou Jing begged the court to cede the four prefectures on the west of the Yangtze River to him, and also said that he would cross the Yangtze River only after Prince Xiao Daqi of Xuancheng came out to send him off.