《宋史·列传·卷二百零七》
到这时娄宿使人呼喊说： 马上投降，给予以前许下的官秩。 彦仙说 ：我宁可做宋朝的鬼，也不需要你的富贵！ 命令发强弩一发击毙喊话的金人。
至是使人呼曰： 即降，畀前秩。 彦仙曰： 吾宁为宋鬼，安用汝富贵为！ 命强弩一发毙之。
By this time, Lou Su had sent a man to shout: "Surrender immediately and you will be given the official rank that you have been promised previously." Yan Xian said: "I would rather be a ghost of the Song Dynasty than accept your wealth and glory!" He then ordered a crossbowman to shoot the man who had shouted the message.