《国语·晋语·吕甥逆惠公于秦》
回答说： 那些小人不考虑国君的罪过，只悼念在韩原之战中死去的父兄子弟，他们不怕征税修武来拥立子圉为新君，说： 一定要报秦之仇，我们宁可事奉齐国和楚国，让齐国和楚国共同援助我们。 
对曰： 其小人不念其君之罪，而悼其父兄子弟之死丧者，不惮征缮以立孺子，曰： 必报仇，吾宁事齐、楚，齐、楚又交辅之。 
They answered: "These petty men do not consider the prince's guilt, but only mourn the fathers and brothers who died in the battle of Hanyuan. They are not afraid of having to pay taxes to build a new army to support Zuyu as their new prince, saying: "We must certainly avenge ourselves on Qin, and we would rather serve Qi and Chu, so that Qi and Chu can help us."