《北齐书·列传·卷三十九》
孝征德行不厚，但奇特的谋略远在人上，朝廷的缓急大事只有他才是倚仗。
孝征心行虽薄，奇略出人，缓急真可凭仗。
Xiaozheng's virtue is not thick, but his strange strategy is far beyond others. Only he is the reliance of the urgent affairs of the court.