《南史·列传·卷七十三》
曾有一次在县南郭凤埭帮人拉船，碰到有人打架，被差吏抓捕，打架的人都跑了，只有原平一人留了下来，差役把他拿住送到县里。
尝于县南郭凤埭助人引船，遇有斗者爲吏所录，斗者逃散，唯原平独住，吏执以送县。
Once, when he was helping someone pull their boat at Fengda near the southern suburbs of the county, he encountered some people fighting. A bailiff came to arrest them, and the fighters all ran away, only Yuan Ping remained. The bailiff seized him and took him to the county office. 