《新五代史·世家·吴世家第一》
这时，天下大乱，中原有灾祸，篡位杀君接连不断，而徐氏父子，以微不足道的欺诈力量，左右着三个君主，却不敢轻易除掉他们，为什么呢？
于此之时，天下大乱，中国之祸，篡弑相寻，而徐氏父子，区区诈力，裴回三主，不敢轻取之，何也？
At that time, there was great chaos in the world. There were disasters in the Central Plains, and the usurpation of the throne and killing of the emperor occurred one after another. The Xu family father and son, with insignificant fraudulent power, controlled the three emperors, but they dared not easily get rid of them. Why?