《南齐书·列传·卷二十八》
他伯父豫州刺史护之的儿子袭祖任淮阳太守，宋孝武帝因事贬谪他到岭南，护之绝食而死。
伯父豫州刺史护之子袭祖为淮阳太守，宋孝武以事徙之岭南，护之不食而死。
The son of his uncle, the Governor of Yuzhou, Huazhi, named Xizu, was the Prefect of Huaiyang. Because of an incident, he was demoted by the Emperor Song Xiaowu to Lingnan, where Huazhi starved himself to death.