《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪十》
水陆运输的路程十分遥远，自崤山以东的地区，人民都蒙受运输的劳苦，耗资高达数十百万万，钱府粮库被支付一空。汉朝还放弃了上谷郡所辖的与匈奴犬牙交错的僻远县份造阳县，把这片土地给了匈奴。
转漕甚远，自山东咸被其劳，费数十百巨万，府库并虚；汉亦弃上谷之斗辟县造阳地以予胡。
The water-land transportation route was very long, people in regions east of the Xiaoshan mountain suffered from the hard work of transportation, the expense was as high as ten million, the grain depot was emptied. Han also gave up far away counties of Zaoyang county, that were intertwined with the Xiongnu at the border of the Shanggu prefecture, the land was given to the Xiongnu.