qín hòu zi lái bēn, zhào wén zi jiàn zhī, wèn yuē:" qín jūn dào hū?" duì yuē:" bù shí". wén zǐ yuē:" gōng zǐ rǔ yú bì yì, bì bì bù dào yě." duì yuē:" yǒu yān." wén zǐ yuē:" yóu kě yǐ jiǔ hū?" duì yuē:" zhēn wén zhī, guó wú dào ér nián gǔ hé shú, xiān bù wǔ rěn". wén zi shì rì yuē:" zhāo xī bù xiāng jí, shuí néng qí wǔ!" wén zi chū, hòu zi wèi qí tú yuē:" zhào mèng jiāng sǐ yǐ! fū jūn zǐ kuān huì yǐ xù hòu, yóu kǒng bù jì. jīn zhào mèng xiāng jìn guó, yǐ zhǔ zhū hóu zhī méng, sī zhǎng shì zhī dé, lì yuǎn nián zhī shù, yóu jù bù zhōng qí shēn, jīn wàn rì ér kě suì, dài tōu shén yǐ, fēi sǐ dǎi zhī, bì yǒu dà jiù." dōng, zhào wén zi zú.
秦后子来奔,赵文子见之,问曰:“秦君道乎?”对曰:“不识”。文子曰:“公子辱于敝邑,必避不道也。”对曰:“有焉。”文子曰:“犹可以久乎?”对曰:“鍼闻之,国无道而年谷和熟,鲜不五稔”。文子视日曰:“朝夕不相及,谁能俟五!”文子出,后子谓其徒曰:“赵孟将死矣!夫君子宽惠以恤后,犹恐不济。今赵孟相晋国,以主诸侯之盟,思长世之德,历远年之数,犹惧不终其身,今忨日而㵣岁,怠偷甚矣,非死逮之,必有大咎。”冬,赵文子卒。