《三国志·吴书·刘繇太史慈士燮传》
现在大家都说不行，如果我也说行不通，这难道就是您爱护看顾的道义、老母让我前来的用意吗?
今众人言不可，慈亦言不可，岂府君爱顾之义，老母遣慈之意邪？
“Now everyone says that it’s no good; if I were to also say that it won’t work, would this be the way you show your love and care, and the intention of my elderly mother when she asked me to come?