《三国志·蜀书·刘彭廖李刘魏杨传》
正值主公来到西蜀，我因受到法孝直的夸奖和举荐，庞统也在其中举荐，于是得以在葭萌拜会主公，执手交谈，谈论治理朝政的要务，讲论成就霸业的道义，计划平定益州的策略，您对这些事也有深思熟虑和明确计划，赞同我的意见，于是就出兵起事。
会公来西，仆因法孝直自衒鬻，庞统斟酌其间，遂得诣公於葭萌，指掌而谭，论治世之务，讲霸王之义，建取益州之策，公亦宿虑明定，即相然赞，遂举事焉。
Just when the Lord came to Xishu, I received the praise and recommendation of Fa Xiaozhi, and Pang Tong also recommended me among them, so I was able to meet the Lord in Jiamo, hold hands and talk, talk about the essentials of governing the court, talk about the morality of achieving hegemony, and plan for pacifying Yizhou. You also have deep thoughts and clear plans on these matters, and you agree with my opinions, so you sent troops to start an incident.