《资治通鉴·晋纪·晋纪二十三》
前燕豫州刺史孙兴请求攻打洛阳，他说： 东晋将领陈只有一千多疲惫体弱的兵卒，独守孤城，不堪一击！ 
燕豫州刺史孙兴请攻洛阳，曰： 晋将陈祐弊卒千馀，介守孤城，不中取也！ 
Sun Xing, the former governor of Youzhou in Former Yan requested to attack Luoyang, he said: “East Jin general Chen only has thousands of tired and frail soldiers, standing guard on the isolated city alone, not worthy of a single blow!”