《旧五代史·后汉·列传六》
李守贞认为后汉皇室新创，新君才立，自以为自己举事安排周密无遗，又加上有位叫总伦的僧人，以占卜方术依附李守贞，说李守贞能获取帝位。不久，赵思绾据京兆反叛，派使者奉表送皇帝穿的衣服给李守贞，李守贞便以为天时和人事与自己相合，于是暗中支援草寇，令他们在所在地偷偷举事，自己派兵占据潼关。
守贞贪而无谋，性多忌刻，全义累为画策，皆不能用。俄而王景崇据岐下，与赵思绾遣使推奉，守贞乃自号秦王，思绾、景崇皆受守贞署置。
Li Shouzheng believed that the Royal Han court had just been established, and that a new monarch was in place, so he felt confident that his arrangements for his undertaking were comprehensive. Then there was a monk named Zonglun, who used divination and sorcery to follow Li Shouzheng and claimed that Li Shouzheng could obtain the throne. Not long after, Zhao Siyu rebelled in Jingzhao, and sent messengers to deliver documents to Emperor Li Shouzheng, with clothes that the emperor wore. Li Shouzheng believed that both fate and circumstances favored him, so he secretly supported the bandits, ordering them to secretly rise up in their localities, and sending troops to occupy Tongguan.