He was told, "You'll be executed soon, so this isn't the time to worry about your health," and was laughed at derisively; but he simply answered, "A person of great ambition never gives up."
これに対して「すぐに死ぬ身が身体を気にする場合ではなかろう」と嘲笑されると、「大事を成す者は最期の最期まであきらめないものだ」と答えたという。