《魏书·帝纪·卷一》
刘琨又派使节请求发兵援救洛阳，猗卢派二万步骑兵赴援，西晋太傅东海王司马越以洛阳饥馑为由加以谢绝，于是援军撤回。
刘琨又遣使乞师救洛阳，帝遣步骑二万助之。晋太傅东海王司马越辞以洛中饥馑，师乃还。
Liu Kun sent a messenger to request reinforcements to rescue Luoyang. Yilu sent 20,000 foot cavalry to the rescue. Sima Yue, the grand tutor of the Western Jin Dynasty, the King of the East China Sea, declined on the grounds that Luoyang was starving. The reinforcements withdrew.