《宋史·列传·卷一百九十五》
国君还时常训戒士兵说：胜利不可常保，纣王虽战功卓著，但因其忘乎所以，最终也落得丧命无后的下场。 后来，晋、楚休战于宋国，子罕认为 ：战争能威镇邪恶而维护文德，圣人能很好地利用它，而乱臣总是因惧怕而废弃它，这一兴一废之间，能展示出存亡昏明之心术。如一味舍弃战争，就是一种毁道和欺蒙诸侯的行为。 
胜之不可保，纣之百克而卒无后。 晋、楚之弭兵于宋也，子罕以为： 兵所以威不轨而昭文德也，圣人以兴，乱人以废，废兴存亡昏明之术，皆兵之由也。
The King also often admonishes his soldiers, saying that victory is not permanent. King Zhou of Shang, although he had outstanding military achievements, eventually ended up losing his life without a successor because he had forgotten himself. Later, the states of Jin and Chu had a truce in the state of Song. Zihan believed that war could deter evil and uphold civilization, and the sages could make good use of it, while usurpers always abandoned it out of fear. The rise and fall of war could reflect the wisdom and judgment of life and death, whether or not war should be abandoned was a matter of destroying morality and deceiving princes. 