《南齐书·列传·卷五十五》
他堂祖父那一房的族弟呈数值夫妻俩因荒年而被强卖到江北，吴达之有十亩田产，就把它卖了替族弟夫妇赎身，并和他们一起享用家财，共住一座房屋。
从祖弟敬伯夫妻荒年被略卖江北，达之有田十亩，货以赎之，与之同财共宅。
Because of a famine, his granduncle's family was forced to sell his cousins to Jiangbei. Wu Da had ten acres of land, which he sold to redeem his cousins and their wife. They all lived together and shared all the family property.