《论衡·卷十一·谈天篇》
这话希奇古怪，使听者震惊害怕，但又不能证实它是不是这样，只是随便读读传诵用作说话的材料。
此言诡异，闻者惊骇，然亦不能实然否，相随观读讽述以谈。
These words are strange and weird and make the listeners shocked and frightened, but they cannot prove whether it is true or not, they are just casually read and passed on as materials for conversation.