《南齐书·列传·卷二十二》
入朝任宋顺帝车骑谘议参军、府掾，调任骠骑，又升为从事中郎拜见司徒袁粲，袁粲对人说： 他将来是要成大器的。 
入为宋顺帝车骑谘议参军、府掾，转骠骑，仍迁从事中郎。诣司徒袁粲，粲谓人曰： 后来佳器也。 
He entered the court to take up the posts of Advisor to the Imperial Equipage and Secretary of Military Affairs and was transferred to the post of Inspector of Equipage. He was then promoted to Gentleman-in-Waiting to the Imperial Family and paid obeisance to the Imperial Tutor Yuan Can who said to someone: “In the future, he will achieve great things.”