《资治通鉴·晋纪·晋纪三十七》
如果天命应该帮助我们，那么这一次一定能击败敌人；如果不这样，那么死了也是一件美事。这和关起门来坐在这里等死，不也还强出许多吗？ 
若天命助我，必能破敌；如其不然，死亦为美，比于闭门待尽，不犹愈乎！ 
If heaven's will is to help us, then we will surely defeat the enemy this time; if not, then it is still a beautiful thing to die. Isn't this much better than shutting ourselves in and waiting to die?