《颜氏家训·慕贤篇》
等到元帝被杀西台陷落，书信文件散失埋没，丁觇不久也死于扬州。以前那轻视丁觇的人，后来想要丁觇的一纸书法也是不可能了。
古人云： 巢父、许由，让于天下；市道小人，争一钱之利。 
After Emperor Yuan was killed and Xitai fell, the letters and documents were lost and buried, and Ding Zong soon died in Yangzhou. The people who looked down on Ding Zong before, later wanted to have a piece of Ding Zong's calligraphy, but it was impossible.