《后汉书·列传·马援列传》
曾教他学齐诗，但马援心志不能拘守于章句之间，就辞别兄长马况，想到边郡去耕作放牧。
尝受《齐诗》，意不能守章句，乃辞况，欲就边郡田牧。
He once studied the Poetry of Qi, but Ma Yuan's ambition was not limited to the chapters and sentences, so he bid farewell to his older brother Ma Kuang and went to the border to farm and graze.