《国语·周语·单襄公论陈必亡》
现在陈国早晨就能够看见大火星了，但是道路已经被杂草覆盖，农村的谷场已经被废弃，湖泊不筑堤坝，河流不备舟桥，这是荒废了先王的遗教。
今陈国火朝觌矣，而道路若塞，野场若弃，泽不陂障，川无舟梁，是废先王之教也。
Now in the state of Chen one can see Venus in the morning, but the roads are now covered with weeds, the threshing-floors in the countryside have been abandoned, there are no dikes along the lakes, no boats or bridges over the rivers. This is to neglect the teachings from the former kings.