《史记·三十世家·越王勾践世家》
这时不攻打楚国，我因此判断越王从大处说不想称王，从小处说不想称霸。
此时不攻楚，臣以是知越大不王，小不伯。
At this time, I did not attack the State of Chu, so I judged from the greater perspective that the King of Yue did not want to be king, and from the lesser perspective, he did not want to dominate.