《新唐书·列传·卷十二》
乡人有陷入贼寇者，子通必定护理保全。那时，群盗凶暴残忍，惟子通仁爱，归附的人渐多，不到半年，有众万人。
贼李子通据江都，伏威使公祏以精卒数千度江击之。
If there are villagers who fall into the bandits, Zitong will definitely take care of them. At that time, the bandits were fierce and cruel, but Zitong was kind and loving, and more and more people returned to him. In less than half a year, there were tens of thousands of people.