《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪二十二》
应当趁他们还未铸成大错，还没疑心朝廷会对他们进行讨伐，暗中命令邻近各郡守尉操练兵马。大司农预先征调军粮，储积在要害地点。遴选胜任的太守前往，在秋凉时节进兵，诛杀蛮夷王侯中特别横暴的人。
宜因其罪恶未成，未疑汉家加诛，阴敕旁郡守尉练士马，大司农豫调谷积要害处，选任职太守往。以秋凉时入，诛其王侯尤不轨者。
The Emperor should seize the moment before they have committed great crimes and aroused suspicion that the imperial court will討伐 them, and secretly issue orders to the county officials in the neighboring regions to train soldiers and horses. The Grand Minister of Agriculture should requisition military provisions in advance and stockpile them at vital locations. Select capable and experienced Grand Administrators to go there and, when the weather cools in autumn, launch an attack to execute the most savage of the barbarian rulers and potentates.