《新唐书·列传·卷四十九》
玄宗又以此问姚崇。崇答道 ：我听说隋将北周苻坚的宫殿改建为太庙，而大唐又袭用作为太庙，就是山含有腐壤也要崩塌，何况木料经多年而自然会被蛀坏呢？
帝以问崇，对曰： 臣闻隋取苻坚故殿以营庙，而唐因之。且山有朽坏乃崩，况木积年而木自当蠹乎。
Xuanzong then asked Yao Chong for his opinion. Yao replied: "I heard that the Sui general rebuilt the palace of the Northern Zhou's Fu Jian into a grand temple, and that the Tang dynasty had followed suit, using it as a temple. For even mountains with rock and soil can also collapse, how much more so wooden structures that can also be eaten by insects over many years?