《资治通鉴·齐纪·齐纪一》
各部蛮人凭依着高山深谷，遍布荆州、湘州、雍州、郢州、司州五州的边境上。南齐听说北魏军队前来侵犯，便征集所有的人丁参军。南襄城蛮人秦远趁着朝廷空虚无备的时机侵犯潼阳，杀掉县令。
群蛮依阻山谷，连带荆、湘、雍、郢、司五州之境，闻魏师入寇，官尽发民丁，南襄城蛮秦远乘虚寇潼阳，杀县令。
Several tribes of barbarians depended on the high mountains and deep valleys and spread over the borders of the five states of Jingzhou, Xiangzhou, Yongzhou, Yingzhou and Sizhou. When Southern Qi heard that the Northern Wei army was coming to invade, they recruited all able-bodied men to join the army. Qin Yuan, a barbarian from Nanxiangcheng, seized the opportunity when the imperial court was empty and undefended and invaded Tongyang, killing the magistrate.