《三国志·魏书·程郭董刘蒋刘传》
文帝下诏说： 您兼有文学和武事的才能，志向节操有慷慨轩昂，时常有跨越江湖吞并吴国都城的志向，所以再次授予您统率部队的重任。 
诏曰： 卿兼资文武，志节慷慨，常有超越江湖吞吴会之志，故复授将率之任。 
Emperor Wen issued an edict which said, “You are a man of both literary and martial talent, and your ambition and determination are outstanding. You have long harbored the ambition to cross the Yangtze River and conquer the capital of Wu, and so I now entrust you with the responsibility of commanding an army once more.”