《史记·七十列传·范雎蔡泽列传》
秦国的位置偏僻而且远离中原，寡人我又愚钝又没有出息，竟然有幸能够让先生屈尊来到秦国，这是上天保佑我烦劳先生来保存先王的宗庙。
夫秦国辟远，寡人愚不肖，先生乃幸辱至於此，是天以寡人慁先生而存先王之宗庙也。
Qin is located far away from the Central Plain, and I am foolish and incompetent. I am extremely fortunate to have you, sir, condescend to come to Qin. This is heaven's way of protecting me and asking you, sir, to preserve the ancestral temple of the first king.