《魏书·列传·卷二十》
返回到袍罕，适逢莫折念生在秦陇地区造反，当时的河州刺史元祚由于前任刺史梁钊的儿子景进等招引念生攻打河州，恐惧而死。
还至枹罕，属莫折念生反于秦陇。时河州刺史元祚为前刺史梁钊息、景进等招引念生攻河州，祚以忧死。
Upon returning to PaoHan, he encountered Mo Zhe Nian Sheng who rebelled in the QinLong region. The then Hezhou Governor Yuan Zuo was terrified to death because his predecessor Governor Liang Zhao's son Jing Jin and others had invited Nian Sheng to attack Hezhou.