《资治通鉴·秦纪·秦纪二》
您若果真听从我的计策，就可以不进攻便使城市投降，不作战便能夺取土地，传送一篇征召、声讨的文书，便可使千里之地平定，如此行吗？ 
诚听臣之计，可不攻而降城，不战而略地，传檄而千里定，可乎？ 
"If you really listen to my plan, you can cause cities to surrender without attacking them, and you can seize territory without going to war, dispatch a written order of conscription and accusation, and you can pacify thousands of miles of territory, is this possible?"