《后汉书·列传·王刘张李彭卢列传》
一早，诸将请求进军，贼也率军挑战，帝不听，于是休养士卒养精蓄锐，以挫敌之锋芒。
旦日，诸将请进，贼亦勒兵挑战，帝不听，乃休士养锐，以挫其锋。
Early the next morning, the generals requested to advance, the bandits also led their troops to challenge us, but the Emperor did not heed and instead rested the soldiers, building their strength and energy, to blunt the enemy’s attacks.