《世说新语·排调》
钟会回答说： 比上不如尧舜，比下不如周公和孔子，但也是当时的懿德之士。 
答曰： 上不及尧、舜，下不逮周、孔，亦一时之懿士。 
Zhong Hui answered and said, “He was not as good as Emperor Yao or Emperor Shun, and also not as great as Duke of Zhou or Confucius, but he was also a man of high moral character in his day.”