《北史·列传·卷二十四》
为政廉明清静。死在齐州，官吏百姓为了怀念他，留下他坐的椅子以表示对他的爱戴。薛道衡，字玄卿。六岁时父亲去世，却专心致志，发奋好学。十岁时，老师为他讲解《左传》，看到子产做郑国相的功劳，他便写下《国侨赞》，很有才华，读的人都很惊奇。
年十岁，讲《左传》，见子产相郑之功，作《国侨赞》，颇有词致，见者奇之。
Politics is honest and clean. He died in Qizhou, and the officials and people left his chair in memory of him to express their love for him. Xue Daoheng, whose name is Xuanging. My father passed away at the age of six, but I am dedicated to learning and studying hard. At the age of ten, the teacher explained to him the "Zuo Zhuan". Seeing the merits of Zichan as the prime minister of Zheng, he wrote "Guoqiao praise", which was very talented. Readers were amazed.