《魏书·列传·卷八十六》
有一个小孩请求用纸鸢向城外传送消息，萧纲就做了几千丈长的细绳，把纸鸢系在细绳的一头，把书信绑在纸鸢的背上，又在纸鸢的头部题字： 若有得到纸鸢而送给援军的人赏银一百两。 
有一小兒请以飞鵄传致消息，网乃作数千丈绳，缀纸鵄于绳端，缚书其背，又题鵄口： 若有得鵄送援军者赏银百两。 
A child requested to use a paper kite to transfer a message outside the city, so Xiao Gang made a rope several thousand zhang long, tied a paper kite to one end of the rope, fastened a letter to the paper kite's back, and wrote on the kite's head: Whoever gets the kite and delivers it to the reinforcements will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver.