The earliest record of the pomegranate being considered a symbol of offspring and good fortune probably occurs in fascicle 56 of the History of the Northern Dynasties: "Yen-tzung, the An-te emperor of the Northern Ch'i dynasty, took as concubine the daughter of Li Tsu-shou of the prefecture of Chao.
中國人以石榴寓意子福，最早的記載大概是「北史」卷五十六「魏收傳」﹘﹘「齊安德王延宗，納趙郡李祖收女為妃。