《百战奇略·第八卷·分战》
陈霸先见状对王僧辩说： 善于用兵打仗的人，能把部队指挥得如同常山之蛇那样，首尾相应。
霸先谓僧辩曰： 善用兵者，如常山之蛇，首尾相应。
Chen Baxian, seeing this, said to Wang Sengbian: "A gifted tactician can command troops like the serpentine Changshan, its head responding to its tail."