《贞观政要·卷九·论征伐》
我听从了他的建议，结果不动一兵一卒而岭南获得安宁，其效果真是胜过十万大军的威力啊。 
既从其计，遂得岭表无事，不劳而定，胜于十万之师。 
I heeded his advice, it turned out that without mobilizing a single soldier we were able to achieve peace in Lingnan, the effect indeed surpassed the force of a hundred thousand troops.