《新唐书·列传·卷七十八》
秀实曾认为皇帝的禁卫军又少又弱，不足以应付非常的事变，向皇帝说： 古时天子号称战车万乘，诸侯千乘，大夫百乘，因为大能控制小、用十人能制服一人。
秀实尝以禁兵寡弱，不足备非常，言于帝曰： 古者天子曰万乘，诸侯曰千乘，大夫曰百乘，盖以大制小，以十制一。
Xiu Shi once believed that the emperor's Forbidden Army was both small and weak and could not cope with emergencies, so he told the emperor: In ancient times, the emperor was called a ten thousand-chariot monarch, the princes were called a thousand-chariot monarch, and the ministers were called a hundred-chariot monarch because they could control the small with the big and restrain one person with ten people.