《资治通鉴·唐纪·唐纪六十五》
令狐说： 诗人写诗，假托下棋以尽其兴致，以为高兴罢了，李远未必当真如此。 
綯曰： 诗人托此为高兴耳，未必实然。 
Linghu said, “Poets write poems using chess as a guise to express their emotions, just for the sake of entertainment. Li Yuan may not necessarily be so.”