《北史·列传·卷三十三》
不通达事变到了如此荒唐的程度。不久被耿翔所害，将他的首级送给了南梁。夏侯道迁，谯国人。从小就有志气节操，十七岁时，父母为他娶妻韦氏，道迁说： 我怀有四方之志，不愿意娶妻。 
年十七，父母为结婚韦氏，道迁云： 欲怀四方之志，不愿取妇。 
He could not see the situation until it reached such an absurd level. Not long afterward, he was killed by Geng Xiang, who sent his head to Nanliang. Xiahou Daoqian was from Qiao State. He was ambitious and had righteous principles since his youth. When he was 17 years old, his parents wanted to marry him to Wei, but Daoqian said, "I have ambitions all over the world. I don't want to get married."