《太平广记·卷一百四十六·定数一》
怀州与他睦州遂安县令的官职。前几任县宰都死在任内，路潜就想不去上任。他的妻子说： 您若该死，新开那次遭难，早就死了，现在得到县令的职务，难道不是命吗？ 
潜欲不赴，其妻曰： 君若合死，新开之难，早已无身。今得县令，岂非命乎？ 
Huai Zhou and his prefectural official position in Suian County of Mu Zhou. The previous county magistrates had all died in office, so Lu Qian wanted to avoid taking up the post. His wife said, "If it were your fate to die, you would have died a long time ago when you were in Xin Kai. Now that you've been given the position of county magistrate, isn't that fate?"