《资治通鉴·宋纪·宋纪十六》
王天生带部众殊死搏斗，才得以阻止孙昙的反扑。从亥时苦战到丑时，朝廷将领戴僧静抽出一部分兵力，攻击袁粲总部西门，纵火焚烧。袁粲与刘秉正在总部东门城楼上，望见西门起火，打算返回总部。
王天生殊死战，故得相持，自亥至丑，戴僧静分兵攻府西门，焚之，粲与秉在城东门，见火起，欲还赴府。
Wang Tiansheng fought desperately with his party and was able to stop Sun Tan's counterattack. From the hour of the pig to the hour of the cow, the court general Dai Sengjing withdrew part of his troops and attacked the west gate of Yuan Can's headquarters, setting fire to it. Yuan Can and Liu Bing were at the east gate tower of the headquarters, and when they saw the west gate on fire, they planned to return to the headquarters.