《三国志·魏书·袁张凉国田王邴管传》
十六岁时父亲去世，族中兄弟们怜悯他孤独贫苦，都给他送来办理丧事的费用，管宁全部推辞了没有接受欧，依据自己的钱财为父亲办理丧事。
年十六丧父，中表愍其孤贫，咸共赠赗，悉辞不受，称财以送终。
When he was sixteen years old, his father passed away. His brothers in the clan felt sorry for his loneliness and poverty, and all gave him money to pay for his father's funeral. Guan Ning declined all of them and used his own money to pay for his father's funeral.