《南齐书·列传·卷五十四》
人的孝心确实不能感动神灵而获得财物，但应该顺应自然规律，凭劳动去分取土地的出产。
诚不能潜感地金，冥致江鲤，但当用天道，分地利。
People's filial piety cannot really move the gods to give them wealth, but they should follow the laws of nature and rely on their own labor to share in the produce of the land.