《太平广记·卷四百八十四·杂传记》
唐代天宝年间，有位常州刺史荥阳公，当时的名望很高，家中的奴仆很多，五十岁时才有一个儿子，儿子长到二十岁时，俊秀聪明，文章也写得很好，跟一般人大不一样，当时的人都很称道佩服。
天宝中，有常州刺史荥阳公者，略其名氏，不书，时望甚崇，家徒甚殷。知命之年，有一子，始弱冠矣，隽朗有词藻，迥然不群，深为时辈推伏。
During the Tianbao Era of the Tang Dynasty, there was a Prefect of Changzhou County. He was of high prestige then, and he had lots of servants in his family. He didn’t have a son until he was fifty years old. This son was handsome, intelligent, and good at writing articles. He was quite different from ordinary people then, so people at that time admired him very much.