《史记·七十列传·酷吏列传》
从前天下的法网是很密的，但是邪诈伪的事情却产生出来，这情况发展到最严重的时候，官吏和百姓竟然相互欺骗，达到国家一蹶不振的地步。
昔天下之网尝密矣，然奸伪萌起，其极也，上下相遁，至於不振。
In the past, the legal network of the world was very dense, but evil and false things emerged; when this situation developed to its maximum, officials and the people deceived each other, and the country collapsed.