《资治通鉴·梁纪·梁纪九》
您的大权一旦失去，一举一动就都要由别人决定，这样大魏朝的宗庙从此也就要覆亡了。 
大权一去，动息由人，魏之宗庙，于斯坠矣。 
"Once you lose your supreme power, your every move will be decided by others, and in that way the temples of the great Wei Dynasty will be destroyed forever."