《周书·列传·卷四十一》
王褒曾经写过《燕歌行》，巧妙地写尽了关塞寒苦的情景，梁元帝与众文士都曾和作，竞相堆砌凄切之词。
褒曾作燕歌行，妙尽关塞寒苦之状，元帝及诸文士并和之，而竞为凄切之词。
Wang Bao once wrote "Yan Ge Xing". He depicted the hardship and suffering of the garrison meticulously and skillfully. Emperor Liang Yuan and all the court scholars composed poems of the same type, competing to come up with as many heart-breaking phrases as they could.