《北史·列传·卷三十六》
平时各方都没有平定，他想使尔朱荣与四方敌兵相持，等到天下平定的捷报传来，他却不甚喜欢，对尚书令、临淮王元说 ：当今天下真的没有乱臣贼子吗？ 
常时诸方未定，欲使与之相持。及告捷之日，乃不甚喜，谓尚书令、临淮王彧曰： 即今天下，便是无贼？ 
All the rebellions had not been put down, but he wanted Erzhu Rong to be in a stalemate with his enemies. When the good news of victory and pacification came, he was not very happy, and he said to Yuan, the Minister of the Bureau of Civil Offices, and the Prince of Linhuai: "Are there really no traitors and villains in the country?"