《资治通鉴·周纪·周纪五》
今天我能见到先生，是上天认为我混浊，为了保存秦国的祖业宗庙而把您赐给我的。
今者寡人得见先生，是天以寡人溷先生，而存先王之宗庙也。
Today I am able to meet with you because the heavens believe that I am muddle-headed and grant you to me in order to preserve the ancestral temple of the State of Qin. 