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Book of Liang, Chapter 27Volume 27: Lu Chui; Dao Qia; Ming Shanbin; Yin Jun · 8 passages
是時禮樂制度，多所創革，高祖雅愛倕才，乃敕撰《新漏刻銘》，其文甚美。
At that time rites and music were being widely reformed; the emperor greatly valued Chui's talent and ordered him to compose the "Inscription on the New Clepsydra," a work of exceptional beauty.
高祖問待詔丘遲曰：「到洽何如沆、溉？」
The emperor asked the attendant-in-waiting Qiu Chi, "How does Dao Qia compare with Hang and Gai?"
御華光殿，詔洽及沆、蕭琛、任昉侍讌，賦二十韻詩，以洽辭爲工，賜絹二十匹。
At Huaguang Hall the emperor ordered Qia, Hang, Xiao Chen, and Ren Fang to attend a banquet; composing twenty-rhyme poems, the court judged Qia's diction the finest and granted him twenty bolts of silk.
高祖謂昉曰：「諸到可謂才子。」
The emperor said to Fang, "The various Daos may truly be called men of talent."
義師至，高祖引爲相府田曹參軍。
When the army of righteousness arrived, Emperor Wu brought him in as aide in the Fields Bureau of the Chancellor's Office.
高祖與叡少舊故，以女妻鈞，卽永興公主也。
The emperor and Rui had been old friends from youth; he gave his daughter in marriage to Jun—she was the Princess of Yongxing.
昭明太子聞襄業行，啓高祖引與游處，除太子洗馬，遷中舍人，並掌管記。
Crown Prince Zhaoming heard of Xiang's conduct and achievement and memorialized the emperor to bring him into association and companionship; he was appointed groom of the heir apparent's household, promoted to palace attendant, and jointly managed the records.
出爲揚州治中，襄父終此官，固辭職，高祖不許，聽與府司馬換廨居之。
He went out as administrator of Yangzhou; Xiang's father had died in this office, and he firmly declined the post. The emperor did not permit it but allowed him to exchange residences with the prefectural marshal.