《后汉书·列传·刘玄刘盆子列传》
刘恭见赤眉部队乱得不成样子，知道他们必败，自己唯恐兄弟都遭到横祸，暗中教刘盆子把皇帝的玺绶交出，学说辞去帝位的话。
刘恭见赤眉众乱，知其必败，自恐兄弟俱祸，密教盆子归玺绶，习为辞让之言。
When Liu Gong saw that the Red Eyebrow troops were in complete disarray, he knew that they were bound to fail. He himself feared that his brothers would all suffer a terrible fate, so he secretly ordered Liu Penzi to hand over the emperor's seal and ribbon and to learn the words to abdicate the throne.