《旧五代史·后唐·列传六》
周式说： 您是唐王朝的齐桓公、晋文公一类人物，应当凭据礼义而成霸业，但您反而要穷兵黩武，天下将会怎么谈论你呢？ 梁祖听了高兴，牵着周式的衣服安慰他说： 刚才的话是说着玩的。 
太原与赵本无恩，嗣昭庸肯入耶！ 梁祖喜，引式袂而慰之曰： 前言戏之耳！ 
Zhou Shi said: You are a figure like Qi Huan Gong and Jin Wen Gong of the Tang Dynasty. You should rely on etiquette and rituals to achieve your hegemony, but instead you want to穷兵黩武, how will the world talk about you? Liang Zu was pleased when he heard this, and took Zhou Shi's clothes to comfort him and said: What I said just now was just for fun.