《容斋随笔·卷八·陶渊明》
读他的《与子俨等疏》说： 我常恨家中没有楚国老莱子之妻那样的贤内助来开导我，只有自己怀抱这样的一片苦心了。
读其《与子俨等疏》云： 恨室无莱妇，抱兹苦心。
When reading his letter to his sons Ziyan and others, he said: I often lament that my family does not have a virtuous wife like Lao Lai Zi of Chu to enlighten me, only I myself can have such worries.