荀巨伯遠看友人疾值胡賊攻郡，友人語巨伯曰：“吾今死矣，子可去。”巨伯曰：“遠來相視，子令吾去，敗義以求生，豈荀巨伯所行邪？”賊既至，謂巨伯曰：“大軍至，一郡盡空，汝何男子，而敢獨止？“巨伯曰：“友人有疾，不忍委之，寧以我身代友人命。”賊相謂曰：“我輩無義之人，而入有義之國。”遂班軍而還，一郡並獲全。

Xun Jubo visited a sick friend from afar, just when the Hu rebels were attacking the city. His friend exhorted him to leave, "I am going to die now, please go." Xun replied, "I came a long way to see you but dissert you to save my own life. Is that a righteous thing for me to do?" Then the Hu stormed in, asking Xun, "Everybody had been running away when our troop came. What kind the person you are, daring to stay put alone?" Xun said, "My friend is sick. I just cannot bear it to dissert him, and I would rather to die for him." The rebels were looking at one another and saying, "We are the men not doing the right thing, but now we attacked a city of righteousness!" Then the Hu ordered to withdraw, and the whole city was saved.