《资治通鉴·宋纪·宋纪八》
北魏南安隐王拓跋余自认为自己没有按照长幼顺序当的皇帝，就用极为优厚的东西赏赐给下属，打算以此收买人心，一个月的时间，国库被动用一空。
魏南安隐王余自以违次而立，厚赐群下，欲以收众心；旬月之间，府藏虚竭。
Tobo Yu, the King of Nanan in Northern Wei, believing that he had wrongly taken the throne ahead of his elder brother, treated his subordinates with extreme generosity, lavishing them with gifts in the hope of gaining their allegiance. In the space of one month, he exhausted the state treasury.