《资治通鉴·唐纪·唐纪二十》
李素节从舒州出发时，听见有人因遇丧事而痛哭，便感叹说： 病死哪里可以得到，还哭什么呢！ 
素节发舒州，闻遭丧哭者，叹曰： 病死何可得，乃更哭邪！ 
When Li Sujie set out from Shuzhou, he heard someone wailing because of a funeral, and he sighed and said: “When can one get a good death? What is there to cry about?”