《南史·列传·卷二十二》
做官为尚书殿中郎，王氏从过江以来，没有人担任郎官，有人劝他不要去上任。王筠说： 陆平原是东南的优秀人才，王文度在江东是首屈一指。
仕爲尚书殿中郎，王氏过江以来，未有居郎署，或劝不就，筠曰： 陆平原东南之秀，王文度独步江东。
As an official, he was the Shilang of the Shangshu Palace, and no one in the Wang family had held the position of Lang since the crossing of the river. Someone advised him not to take office. Wang Yun said: "Lu Pingyuan was the most outstanding talent in the southeast, and Wang Wendu was the most outstanding in Jiangdong."