《魏书·列传·卷六十一》
当时高肇征讨蜀地，世宗考虑萧衍侵犯徐州、扬州，便征召杨大眼为太尉长史、持节、假平南将军、征东别将，隶属于都督元遥，在淮水、肥水那里阻挡萧衍攻势。
时高肇征蜀，世宗虑萧衍侵轶徐扬，乃征大眼为太尉长史、持节、假平南将军、东征别将，隶都督元遥，遏御淮肥。
At that time Gao Zhao was attacking Shu, Emperor Shizong considered that Xiao Yan was invading Xuzhou and Yangzhou, and so summoned Yang Dayan as a long-term Grand Master, holding credentials, acting General of the Pacified South, and general of the Separate Conquest of the East, under the command of governor Yuanyao, to stand against Xiao Yan's offensive along the Huai and Fei rivers.