《三国志·魏书·武帝纪》
 因我无德，小时就遭忧患和灾难，被远远地劫持到长安，后又流亡到唐、卫。那时，我四处漂泊，祖宗的祠庙无人祭祀，国无固定疆界；群雄都觊觎皇位，割裂天下，全国的百姓，我无法管治，我汉高祖开创的基业快崩溃了。
朕以不德，少遭愍凶，越在西土，迁于唐、韂当此之时，若缀旒然，宗庙乏祀，社稷无位；髃凶觊觎，分裂诸夏，率土之民，朕无获焉，即我高祖之命将坠于地。
Due to my lack of virtue, I encountered misfortunes and disasters as a child, and was kidnapped and forced to go to Chang’an and later became a refugee in Tang and Wei. Back then, I had been wandering around, no one was worshipping in my ancestral temples, the territory of my country was ill defined; heroes coveted for the supreme power and carved up the country, I could not control all my people, the base that my ancestor Emperor Gaozu carved out was collapsing.