《梁书·列传·卷二十二》
邴州在长江南岸，有几百家看到水涨起来惊慌逃跑，登上房屋攀上树枝，萧怆募集人救他们，救一人赏钱一万，贩卖的商人几十人响应招募救助，州中民众才得以免死。
邴州在南岸，数百家见水长惊走，登屋缘树，憺募人救之，一口赏一万，估客数十人应募救焉，州民乃以免。
Bingzhou was on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and there were several hundred families who saw the water rising and fled in panic, they climbed onto houses and out into the trees, Xiao Cang rallied people to save them, and gave ten thousand cash to anyone who saved a person, the merchants selling goods responded to the call by the dozens, and so the people of the state escaped death.