《资治通鉴·后晋纪·后晋纪三》
他的衙门里有一个幡竿有几十尺高，他曾经挟着弓箭对左右的人说： 我如果能射中竿上龙首，必有当人君的天命。 
府廨有幡竿高数十尺，尝挟弓矢谓左右曰： 我能中竿上龙首者，必有天命。 
There was a banner pole dozens of feet high in the hall of his government office; he once took a bow and arrow and said to the people on his left and right: "If I can shoot the dragon's head on the pole, I must be born to be an emperor. 