《魏书·列传·卷七十二》
魏朝紧接丧乱之后立朝，《五经》大义虽然都有师讲说，但天下学生还有很多疑难问题，这些疑难都由刘献之裁决。
出后，兰告家人。少时而患卒。
The Wei Dynasty was established right after a period of turmoil. Although there were teachers who expounded the meanings of “The Five Classics”, the students in the world still had many difficult questions which needed to be answered, and these difficult questions were all answered by Liu Xianchi.