《明史·列传·卷八十六》
现在这个地区对他们说来，就如同一个人持家一样，家业成就了很长时间，自然很巩固了，想一下子收复河套，不是太不容易了吗？
譬之为家，成业久矣，欲一举复之，毋乃不易乎！
Now this region is for them just like a home which a man has kept for a long time; it is very secure because of the efforts they have put into it, and it is not very easy to recover Hetao.