《南齐书·列传·卷五十五》
不久母亲又亡故了，由于家境贫寒无法办理丧事，于是兄弟俩共同种了半亩瓜田。早上将瓜采摘下来，晚上又再生出新瓜，因此终于办完了丧葬之事。
寻母又亡，家贫无以营凶，兄弟共种瓜半亩，朝采瓜子，暮已复生，以此遂办葬事。
Not long after, his mother died. Due to their poverty, they could not afford to hold a funeral. So the two brothers planted half a mu of melons. They picked melons in the morning, and by evening new melons would grow. Eventually, they earned enough money to hold a funeral.