《北史·列传·卷六十二》
炀帝亲宠过于常人，每次欲加征讨，袁充都事先知道。于是就假托星象，鼓励赞成炀帝的意思。朝中官员都非常痛恨他。
亲待逾昵，每欲征讨，充皆预知之，乃假托星象，奖成帝意，在位者皆切患之。
Emperor Yang liked him more than any other, and Yuan Chong always knew beforehand whenever he wanted to wage war. So he pretended to observe the stars and encouraged Emperor Yang’s ideas. All the court officials hated him very much. 