《旧五代史·后周·太祖纪三》
太祖来自民间，一向知悉营田的弊病，现在将天下属于官府的数以万计的庄园田地，全都用来分别赐给现有佃户当作永久产业。
帝在民间，素知营田之弊，至是以天下系官庄田仅万计，悉以分赐见佃户充永业。
The founding emperor came from the common people, and knew the evils of farming, and now, all manor fields owned by the government throughout the country, tens of thousands of them, were all granted to the existing tenants as permanent properties.