先軫欲要功獲名，則以秦不假道之故，請要秦師。
襄公曰：「不可！
The records of the Spring and Autumn81 have no lack of admonitory examples of men who incurred immense resentment because of shame over small indignities and who abandoned the masses to destruction because of greed for petty profits.
夫秦伯與吾先君有結。
先君一日薨，而興師擊之，是孤之負吾先君，敗鄰國之交而失孝子之行也。
」先軫曰：「先君薨而不弔贈，是無哀吾喪也；興師徑吾地而不假道，是弱吾孤也；且柩畢尚薄屋，無哀吾喪也興師」卜曰：「大國師將至。
Xian Zhen of Jin is a case in point.
」請擊之。
則聽先軫興兵，要之殽，擊之，匹馬隻輪無脫者。
Wishing to win fame through the accomplishment of great deeds, Xian Zhen asked permission to intercept the army of Qin on the grounds that Qin had failed to obtain permission to cross through Jin. Lord Xiang83 said, “That cannot be done.
大結怨構禍於秦。
接刃流血，伏尸暴骸，糜爛國家，十有餘年，卒喪其師眾，禍及大夫，憂累後世。
故好戰之臣，不可不察也。
The count of Qin84 had an agreement with our former lord.