《资治通鉴·齐纪·齐纪三》
孝文帝对他们非常尊重，亲自和他们谈话，并回头对身边的文武百官说： 江南有很多优秀的官员。 
魏主甚重齐人，亲与谈论。顾谓群臣曰： 江南多好臣。 
Emperor Xiaowen treated them with great respect, talked to them himself, and turned his head and said to the civil and military officials around him, "There are many excellent officials in the south of the Yangtze River."