《梁书·本纪·卷一》
听说受金印于府署，是博学通达之人的大义，隐居海角。是普通百姓的小节，所以踏上天子登车的垫脚石旦公不以为嫌疑，获赠玉璜叁公不作谦让。
盖闻受金于府，通人弘致，高蹈海隅，匹夫小节，是以履乘石而周公不以为疑，赠玉璜而太公不以为让。
I heard that receiving the golden seal in the government office is the great righteousness of a learned and knowledgeable person, and living in seclusion in a remote corner of the sea is the small detail of an ordinary person, so Dan Gong did not suspect that he was stepping on the stepping stone of the emperor's car, and the three princes did not make concessions when they were given jade rings.