《梁书·列传·卷四十七》
他八岁的时候，向母亲问起自己的生父，因为不记得父亲形象而遗憾，于是悲伤地哭了好几天，突然间好像见到了什么人，说起这个人的形貌，正是他的父亲，当时人都认为这是孝心感动了神灵。
年八岁，问其母，恨生不识父，遂悲泣累日，忽若有见，言其形貌，则其父也，时以为孝感。
When he was eight years old, he asked his mother about his natural father, he was sad and he cried for many days because he could not remember his father. Suddenly he seemed to see a person and he described the person’s appearance, and it was the appearance of his father. The people of that time all believed that his filial piety had touched the spirits.