《容斋随笔·卷八·诸葛公》
对上，他以忠诚取得君主的高度信任，所以玄德临死时对他说： 我的儿子没有才能，你可以自取为帝。 后主刘禅虽然平庸怯懦无所建树，也把整个国家交给他而毫无怀疑。
上有以取信于主，故玄德临终，至云： 嗣子不才，君可自取 ；后主虽庸懦无立，亦举国听之而不疑。
For the Shangfeng, he used his loyalty to gain the trust of the monarch. So Xuangde said to him when he was dying: My son is incompetent, you can claim to be the emperor. Even though Liu Chan, the later sovereign, was mediocre, cowardly and incompetent, he handed over the whole country to him without any doubt.