《容斋随笔·卷十二·汉士择所从》
荀彧年轻的时候，认为颖川是四面开阔易受攻击的地方，劝乡中父老赶快避开此地，乡里的人多怀念故土不能离去，荀彧独自带领同族的人前往冀州，袁绍以对待上等宾客的礼节对待他。
荀彧少时，以颍川四战之地，劝父老亟避之，乡人多怀土不能去，彧独率宗族往冀州，袁绍待以上宾之礼。
When Xun Yu was a young man, he concluded that Yingchuan was open on all sides and vulnerable to attack, and he exhorted the elderly men of his home village to leave the place as quickly as they could. Most of the villagers were loath to leave their old home, but Xun Yu personally led his relatives to Jizhou, where Yuan Shao treated him as an honored guest.