《资治通鉴·齐纪·齐纪六》
又看着咸阳王元禧等人继续说道： 如果让你们担当此事，一定办不到这样的。 
顾谓咸阳王禧等曰： 汝曹当此，不能办也。 
Then, looking at the Prince of Xianyang, Yuan Xi, and the others, he continued saying: If any of you were to be assigned to handle this matter, you certainly would not have managed it so well.