《资治通鉴·唐纪·唐纪七》
所以，朕轻装骑马独自前来，是要显示出看不起他们的样子；又向他们大肆炫耀军队的阵容，是要让他们知道我军肯定会出战；朕的行动出于突厥的意料之外，是要让他们失去主张。
故朕轻骑独出，示若轻之；又震曜军容，使之必战；出虏不意，使之失图。
"Therefore, I have come alone on horseback to show how little I care for them, and I have displayed my army in force to let them know that I am prepared to fight; I have acted in a way that they do not expect, to confound them.