《资治通鉴·梁纪·梁纪十六》
他如果要与我朝相抗则气势不足，但是攻打你们则力量有余，最终恐怕会尾大于身，脚跟粗过大腿，倔强而不肯转身，狠戾而难以驯服，如果召他回朝，削掉兵权的话，他会立即反叛，但是只能引起小的事端；如果不召回的话，虽然他可能反叛得迟一些，但是会酿出更大的祸患。
拒此则作气不足，攻彼则为势有馀，终恐尾大于身，踵粗于股，倔强不掉，狼戾难驯。呼之则反速而衅小，不征则叛迟而祸大。
If he should resist my dynasty, his momentum will be insufficient, but if he should attack you, his power will be more than sufficient, in the end I fear that his tail will be larger than his body, his ankles will be thicker than his thighs, he will be too strong-willed to turn around, and too fierce to be tamed. But if we recall him and strip him of his military authority, he will rebel at once, though this will only be a minor disaster. But if we do not recall him, even though he may rebel somewhat later, the disaster will be far more serious.