《魏书·列传·卷五十三》
邢峦回答说： 早生并不是有什么深谋大略而走出今天这一步，只是因为司马悦残暴地对待老百姓，他乘众怒而杀了司马，老百姓则被凶威所震慑，不得已而暂且苟附罢了。
峦对曰： 早生非有深谋大智。能构成此也，但因司马悦虐于百姓，乘众怒而为之，民为凶威所慑，不得已而苟附。
Xing Luan replied: Zao Sheng did not have any grand strategy for taking the step that he did today. He just killed Sima because Sima Yue had treated the people savagely, and the people, shocked by his ferocity, had no choice but to attach themselves to him for the time being.