《北史·列传·卷三十九》
齐文宣帝天保末年，朝廷崇信佛法，就连宗庙祭祀也不杀生，都是元海的主张。
文宣天保末年，敬信内法，乃至宗庙不血食，皆元海所为。
At the end of Emperor Wenxuan's reign in the Northern Qi dynasty, the court believed in Buddhism. Even the ancestral temple sacrifices didn't kill animals, all at the suggestion of Yuanhai.