《魏书·列传·卷十》
等到元恂入宫告辞，直担说： 现在你不应到代都，衹是太师在恒州逝世，我处于皇帝地位上，不能轻意奔赴舅家的丧事，欲派你到舅家表示哀伤，拜谒你母亲的坟墓，竭尽做儿子的感情。
及恂入辞，高祖曰： 今汝不应向代，但太师薨于恆壤，朕既居皇极之重，不容轻赴舅氏之丧，欲使汝展哀舅氏，拜汝母墓，一写为子之情。
When Yuan Xun entered the palace to bid farewell, Zhi Dan said, "right now you should not go to Dai, but because the Grand Preceptor passed away in Hengzhou, I am acting as the Emperor and cannot casually rush to my in-laws’ funeral, so I wish to send you there to show my grief and to pay respects at your mother’s grave, and to do all that a son should do.