《梁书·列传·卷八》
萧统喜欢游山玩水，在玄圃园中挖修水池，堆筑石山，建造亭台馆舍，经常和朝廷中有学问的臣僚，或民间有名气的人一起在园中游赏风景，吟诗作赋。
性爱山水，于玄圃穿筑，更立亭馆，与朝士名素者游其中。
Xiao Tong liked to travel and play in the water. He dug a pool, built a rockery, built a pavilion and a house in the Xuanpu Garden, and often traveled with learned ministers in the court or famous people in the countryside to enjoy the scenery and write poems.