《资治通鉴·后周纪·后周纪五》
钟谟请求到后周核对，南唐主于是通过钟谟回复命令，上言说： 长时间抗拒王师，都是我的愚昧糊涂，不是严续的罪过。 
钟谟主覆之于周。唐主乃因谟复命，上言： 久拒王师，皆臣愚迷，非续之罪。 
Zhong Mo requested to go to Later Zhou to verify his statement, so the Lord of Southern Tang replied to the order via Zhong Mo, saying: I resisted the imperial army for so long out of my own stupidity and confusion, not because of Yan Xu's crime.