《南史·列传·卷三十四》
元嘉三年，徐羡之等人被诛杀，颜延之被征召为中书侍郎，又转任太子中庶子，兼任步兵校尉，所受到的封赏和待遇非常优厚。
元嘉三年，羡之等诛，征爲中书侍郎，转太子中庶子，领步兵校尉，赏遇甚厚。
In the third year of Yuanjia, Xu Xianzhi and others were executed. Yan Yanzhi was appointed as a servant of Zhongshu, and then transferred to be the son of the prince, concurrently serving as a school captain with a very generous salary and treatment.