《北齐书·列传·卷四十一》
管区内蛮人多而坠人少，基叁恩威并举，所以和睦相处，到了盏垩末年，招纳的蛮人缴纳赋税的达到几万户。
又管内蛮多华少，景安被以维恩，咸得宁辑，比至武平末，招慰生蛮输租赋者数万户。
The prefecture under his control had more barbarians than local people, but Qiu Yi adopted both benevolence and authority, which allowed them to get along amicably, so that by the end of the Yan Era, the number of barbarians who settled down and paid taxes reached 10,000 households.