《南史·列传·卷四十九》
祖父庾深之，位居义兴太守，以善政而闻名。父亲庾粲是南郡王刘义宣的丞相城局参军，南郡王起兵，他被杀害。庾杲之幼年就很有孝行，宋朝的司空刘面力见到他认为很奇异，对他说： 见到您足以使江汉一带仰望，优秀人才声名远扬。 
杲之幼有孝行，宋司空刘勉见而奇之，谓曰： 见卿足使江汉崇望，杞梓发声。 
His grandfather Yu Shenzhi was the prefect of Yixing and was famous for his good governance. His father, Yu Can, was the staff secretary of the King Liu Yixuan of Nanzhou. When the King of Nanzhou raised an army, he was killed. Yu Gaodu was very filial when he was young. Liu Mianli, the Sikong of the Song Dynasty, met him and thought it was very strange, and said to him: Meeting you is enough to make the people of the Jianghan area look up, and the talents are well-known.