《左传·昭公·昭公十一年》
自己做盟主而不去为灭亡的国家担忧，又哪里用得着盟主？ 秋季，季孙意如和晋国韩起、齐国国弱、宋国华亥、卫国北宫佗、郑国罕虎、曹国人、杞国人在厥慭会见，为了商量救援蔡国。
楚师在蔡，晋荀吴谓韩宣子曰： 不能救陈，又不能救蔡，物以无亲，晋之不能，亦可知也已！为盟主而不恤亡国，将焉用之？ 秋，会于厥慭，谋救蔡也。
Only acting as the leader of the covenant without worrying about a state that is about to die, how can you truly be called leader of the covenant? In the autumn, Jinsun Yiru met with Han Qi of Jin, Guo Ruo of Qi, Hua Hai of Song, Bei Gong Tuo of Wei, Han Hu of Zheng, someone from Cao, and someone from Qi at Juewei, to plan to rescue Cai.