元代辛元房《唐才子传》记载:"(崔)颢,汴州人。开元十一年源少良下及进士第。天宝中,为尚书司勋员外郎。少年为诗,意浮艳,多陷轻薄,晚节忽变常体,风骨凛然。一窥塞垣,状极戎旅,奇造往往并驱江、鲍。后游武昌,登黄鹤楼,感慨赋诗。及李白来,曰:‘眼前有景道不得,崔颢题诗在上头。’无作而去。为哲匠敛手云。然行履稍劣,好蒱博,嗜酒。娶妻择美者, Yuan Dynasty Xin Yuan Fang << Tetsuya Biography >> records: ’(Cui) 颢, Danzhou people. Kaiyuan Eleven years under the source and under the Jinshi No. Tianbao, Floating Yan, thin and light thin, the evening suddenly change the body, the aura of awe-inspiring. A look at the wall, like a very Rong Brigade, often made and drive the river, abalone Wuchang, Deng Yellow Crane Tower, feeling poetry. Come, said: ’There is no prospect of King, Cui Qiu poem in the head.’ Without going away.