《新五代史·世家·吴世家第一》
第二天，随张颢和将领们拜访徐温，严可求假意责备徐温说： 古人不忘一顿饭的恩情，何况你是杨氏三代的将领，如今年幼的继承人刚登位，多事之秋，能请求外任以便苟且偷安吗？ 
明日，从乂页与诸将造温，可求阳责温曰： 古人不忘一饭之恩，况公杨氏三世之将，今幼嗣新立，多事之时，乃求居外以苟安乎？ 
The next day, he followed Zhang Hao and the generals to pay a visit to Xu Wen, and Yan Kangiu pretended to rebuke Xu Wen: "Gentlemen of the past never forgot the favor of a meal, apalagi you were a general of the Yangs for three generations, and now the young successor has just taken the throne, it's a time of great upheaval, is it right to ask for assignment outside the capital so that you can live a peaceful life?"