《后汉书·列传·南匈奴列传》
他自以为呼韩氏是正嫡长子，按次序应当立为单于，反而被剥夺职位，遭猜疑以相背弃，他曾多次请求漠派兵遣将，回头扫除北单于王庭，各种各样的计策，全都提了出来。
自以呼韩嫡长，次第当立，而侵夺失职，猜疑相背，数请兵将，归扫北庭，策谋纷纭，无所不至。
He believed that as Huhanye's legitimate eldest son, he should have been made Shan Yu in due course, but instead he had been deprived of the position, was met with suspicion, and was abandoned. He had repeatedly requested that the desert send troops and generals to return and sweep away the court of North Shan Yu, and he had put forward all kinds of plans.