《战国策·楚四·庄辛谓楚襄王》
黄鹄在江海上翱游，停留在大沼泽旁边，低下头吞食黄鳝和鲤鱼，抬起头来吃菱角和水草，振动它的翅膀而凌驾清风，飘飘摇摇在高空飞翔，自认为不会有祸患，又与人无争。然而他们却不知那射箭的人，已准备好箭和弓，将向尺的高空射击它。
游于江海，淹乎大沼，俯噣鳝鲤，仰啮菱衡，奋其六翮，而凌清风飘摇乎高翔，自以为无患，与人无争也，不知夫射者，方将修其碆卢，治其缯缴，将加己乎百仞之上。
The yellow swan roams in the sea, stays by the big swamp, lowers its head to swallow eels and carps, raises its head to eat water chestnuts and water plants, flaps its wings and rides the breeze, and flies high in the sky, believing that there will be no misfortune, and that it has no dispute with people. But they did not know that the archer had already prepared the arrow and bow and would shoot it at a height of one foot.