《史记·三十世家·宋微子世家》
微子于是预料到纣王至死叶不会听从劝谏，打算一死了之，或离开纣王，自己又无法决断，便去询问太师、少师说： 殷朝已经没有清明的政治，不能很好地治理四方。
于是微子度纣终不可谏，欲死之，及去，未能自决，乃问于太师、少师曰： 殷不有治政，不治四方。
Weizi then expected that King Zhou would never listen to his advice until he died. He planned to commit suicide or leave King Zhou, but he couldn’t make a decision, so he asked Taishi and Shashi, “The Shang dynasty no longer has clear politics and can’t govern the four directions well.