《新唐书·列传·卷四十》
正值现在关东发生饥荒，蜀、汉之地有人流亡，江、淮及其以南地区苛捐杂税从未停止过。
方今关东荐饥，蜀汉流亡，江、淮而南，赋敛不息。
Right now, there is a famine in Guandong, and people are fleeing from Shu and Han. The harsh taxes and miscellaneous levies in the areas south of the Yangtze and Huai Rivers have never ceased.