《资治通鉴·后唐纪·后唐纪八》
闵帝不知该怎么办，对康义诚等人说： 先帝辞世之际，朕正在外边戌守藩镇，当这个时候，谁来继承大位，只在诸位明公所选取而已，朕实在没有心思与别人争当皇帝。
帝不知所为，谓康义诚等曰： 先帝弃万国，朕外守籓方，当是之时，为嗣者在诸公所取耳，朕实无心与人争国。
Emperor Min didn't know what to do, and said to Kang Yicheng and others: At the time of the late emperor's death, I was defending the vassal town outside. At that time, who would inherit the throne was only the choice of all your lords, and I really had no intention of competing with others to be the emperor.