《旧唐书·列传·卷十六》
回答说 ：我那时不是大臣，又明白劝也没用，白白送死于事无补。 
对曰： 臣尔日不居重任，又知谏必不从，徒死无益。 
Replied: I was not a minister at that time, and I knew that it would be useless to persuade him, and it would be futile to die in vain.