《北史·列传·卷二十五》
当时，传说在淮河、泗水、荆河、沔水之间小孩啼哭，大人便恐吓说 ：杨大眼来啦！ 没有不止住的。
时传言淮、泗、荆、沔之间童兒啼者，恐之云 杨大眼至 ，无不即止。
At that time, it was said that when children cried between Huai River, Si River, Jing River, and Mian River, adults would scare them by saying: Yang Danyan is here! None of them could be stopped.