《管子·八观》
城市大而农田小，农田就养活不了那些人民；城区大而居民少，居民就防守不了那个城市；院落大而房屋少，房屋就充实不了那个院落；房屋多而居民少，居民就住用不了哪些房屋；粮仓少而亭台楼阁多，粮食贮备就供应不了那些糜费。
夫国城大而田野浅狭者，其野不足以养其民。城域大而人民寡者，其民不足以守其城。宫营大而室屋寡者，其室不足以实其宫。室屋众而人徒寡者，其人不足以处其室。囷仓寡而台榭繁者，其藏不足以共其费。
When a city is large but the cultivated land small, the cultivated land is insufficient to support the population; when the city area is large but the number of its inhabitants small, the inhabitants cannot defend the city; when the courtyards are large but the houses few, the houses cannot fill the courtyards; when the houses are many but the inhabitants few, the inhabitants cannot make use of the houses, when the granaries are few but the palaces and towers numerous, the grain stored is insufficient to meet the extravagance.