《北史·列传·卷七十一》
十五岁时就会写文章，写信给父亲的朋友徐陵，徐陵非常惊奇，对人说 ：这人是个神童。 
十五解属文，为笺上父友徐陵，陵大奇之，谓人曰： 此神童也。 
At the age of fifteen, he could write articles. He wrote a letter to his father's friend Xu Ling, who was very surprised and said to others: This man is a prodigy.