《太平广记·卷四百八十四·杂传记》
公子唱的挽歌名叫《薤露》，越唱越高昂，歌声震动了树林，一曲还没唱完，看客们就都被感动得深深叹息，有的还捂住脸哭起来。
乃歌《薤露》之章，举声清越，响振林木。曲度未终，闻者歔欷掩泣。
The son sang in an increasingly loud voice, the sounds going through the woods and making them ring, but he had scarcely finished before the onlookers were all awed, and some were wiping away tears and crying.