《北齐书·列传·卷二十二》
每当高祖在宴席上谈论旧事，就拉着元忠的手，笑着说： 是这位逼迫我起兵的。 
高祖每于宴席论叙旧事，因抚掌欣笑云： 此人逼我起兵。 
Whenever Emperor Gaozu talked about old things at the banquet, he would hold Yuan Zhong's hand and smiled and said: It was this man who forced me to raise troops.