《梁书·列传·卷二十二》
当时战事之后，公私匮乏，萧怆振奋精神进行治理，大力开垦屯田，减省劳役，慰问作战死亡的家庭，供给穷困的人，民众很为安定。
时军旅之后，公私空乏，嶦厉精为治，广辟屯田，减省力役，存问兵死之家，供其穷困，民甚安之。
After the war, the public and private were in short supply. Xiao Chuang cheered up his spirits and carried out governance, vigorously reclaimed land and opened up farmland, reduced labor, cared for the families of the dead in battle, and provided for the poor. The people were very stable.