《太平广记·卷十六·神仙十六》
张老仍坚持求媒婆说： 求你勉强替我到韦家提一提吧，他们不同意我的求婚，我也就认命了。 
叟固曰： 强为吾一言之，言不从，即吾命也。 
The elderly Zhang still insisted on asking the matchmaker, "Please make the effort to propose marriage to the Wei family for me. If they don't agree to my proposal, I will resign myself to fate."