《战国策·秦三·蔡泽见逐于赵》
吴起为楚悼王改革弊政罢免无能的朝臣，撤消无用的机构，废除多余的官吏，杜绝请客说情的风气，改良楚国的风俗，往南攻打杨越，往北攻打陈、蔡，摧毁连横政策，解散合纵之约，游说之士没有开口余地，可算得上是成功了，可怜最后他本人却死于楚人的乱箭之中，然后再把他分尸泄愤。
身所服者，七十余城。功已成矣，赐死于杜邮。吴起为楚悼罢无能，废无用，损不急之官。塞私门之请，壹楚国之俗，南攻杨越，北并陈、蔡，破横散从，使驰说之士无所开其口。功已成矣，卒支解。
Wu Qi reformed the abuses and dismissed the incompetent courtiers for King Daowei of Chu, abolished useless agencies, abolished redundant officials, and put an end to the practice of asking for favors, improving the customs of Chu. He attacked Yang and Yue to the south, and Chen and Cai to the north. Destroying the policy of horizontal alliances and dissolving the covenant of vertical alliances, so that the lobbyists had no room to speak, can be regarded as a success. Unfortunately, he himself died in the乱箭of the Chu people, and then his body was divided to vent his anger.