《资治通鉴·梁纪·梁纪十七》
宇文泰这才醒悟，急忙派人传令赦免王茂。结果没有得及。于是，宇文泰便赐给王茂的家属很多的钱帛说： 用它来表明我的过失吧。 
泰寤，亟使赦茂，不及，乃赐茂家钱帛，曰： 以旌吾过。 
Yuwen Tai then woke up and hurriedly sent someone to issue an order to pardon Wang Mao. But it was too late. So Yuwen Tai gave Wang Mao's family a lot of money and silk, saying: Use it to show my fault.