《北史·列传·卷七》
他的堂叔父安丰王元延明常常严加斥责，对他说： 你的凶狠残暴的本性和你的身体同时增长。
从叔安丰王延明每切责之曰： 汝凶悖性与身而长。
His granduncle Anfeng King Yuan Yanming often rebuked him, saying: Your fierce and brutal nature grows together with your body.