《旧五代史·其它·僭伪列传二》
当听到钱被册封为吴越王后，刘陟深以自己仅封为南海王为耻，于是感叹说： 中原多故，谁是真正君主？岂能遥遥万里梯山航海而事奉伪朝！ 
及闻钱册封吴越王，陟耻称南海之号，乃叹曰： 中原多故，谁为真主，安能万里梯航而事伪庭乎！ 
When he heard that Qian had been crowned as King of Wuyue, Liu Zhi was deeply ashamed that he had only been crowned as King of Nanhai, and so sighed saying, “The Central Plains is chaotic, who is the true sovereign? How can I serve the false court from ten thousand li away, crossing the mountains and navigating the seas!”