《容斋随笔·卷六·唐书世系表》
实际上，作为金天氏的后代的沈姓，是现在沈、姒、蓐、黄各姓先人的沈。他们的封地在汾川，被晋国灭亡，春秋时代的沈姓，封于汝南，被蔡国灭亡。
沈约称一时文宗，妄谱其沈、姒、蓐、黄之沈，封于汾川，晋灭之，春秋之沈，封于汝南，蔡灭之。
In fact, the Shen surname, as descendants of Jin Tianshi, is the Shen of the ancestors of the Shen, Si, Ru, and Huang surnames. Their fief was in Fenchuan, and they were destroyed by the State of Jin. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Shen surname was enfeoffed in Runan, and they were destroyed by the State of Cai.