《新五代史·世家·吴世家第一》
他的门客袁袭说： 我们用新招集来的众兵把守空城，而将领们很多是高骈的老朋友，我们没有厚重的恩德和素来的信任有力地控制他们而让他们心服。
其客袁袭曰： 吾以新集之众守空城，而诸将多骈旧人，非有厚恩素信力制而心服之也。
His guest Yuanshi said: “We need to guard the vacant city with our newly recruited soldiers, and many of the generals are old friends of Gao Pian. We cannot effectively control them and make them obey us as we do not have deep grace and long-term trust.”