《陈书·本纪·卷一》
更何况他还是那样的人：能体察到天数之首得一的鸿姿，能安定历数中属阳九之敷的灾荒困厄的年景，能挽救动荡的局势，像在碣石引导洪水入海，就像在昆仑扑灭了大火，纵马奔驰在韦、彭之乡，来回行走于齐、晋之地。成就丁卓著的功绩而没有被重用，运化了圣明的道义而没有名气的人呢?
况乎体得一之鸿姿，宁阳九之危厄，拯横流于碣石，扑燎火于昆岑，驱驭于韦、彭，跨弩于齐、晋，神功行而靡用，圣道运而无名者乎？
Moreover, this man is of such a kind: he can observe the grand visions of the number one in the order of the natural numbers, he can stabilize disasters and tribulations in the years that belong to the yang 9 in the sequence of the lunar calendar, he can save the chaotic situation like guiding floods into the sea in Ge Shi, like extinguishing the great fire in Kunlun, he travels by horse along the regions of Wei and Peng, and comes and goes often between Qi and Jin. Which person has ever performed such remarkable merits but was not appointed to an important position, which person has ever performed such a sacred cause but was not famous?