《宋书·志·卷二十九》
太始五年六月甲子，嘉莲生于湖熟，南台侍御史竺曾度上报朝廷。
太始五年六月甲子，嘉莲生湖熟，南台侍御史竺曾度以闻。
On the first month of the sixth month, day jia-zi, in the fifth year of the reign of Emperor Ming, a lotus flower with beautiful petals grew in the prefecture of Hu 熟 and Zhu Zengdu, a Taiwan attendant and imperial historiographer, reported it to the imperial court.