《后汉书·列传·桓谭冯衍列传上》
开始有翟义起兵于东郡，接着又有西海的战役，在巴、蜀有西南夷攻益州杀大尹的战乱，在西北边疆有北狄攻入云中杀人掠夺的事件，王莽派兵远征万里，暴露兵卒连年累月，祸乱相连，战争不息，刑法更加残酷，赋敛愈益加重。
始自东郡之师，继以西海之役，巴、蜀没于南夷，缘边破于北狄，远征万里，暴兵累年，祸拏未解，兵连不息，刑法弥深，赋敛愈重。
It began with Zhai Yi raising troops in Dongjun, followed by the battle of Xihai, and in Ba and Shu, there were wars where the southwestern barbarians attacked Yizhou and killed the grand administrator. In the northwest frontier, the northern barbarians invaded Yunzhong and killed people and plundered them. Wang Mang sent troops on distant expeditions of ten thousand miles, exposing the soldiers to years and months of hardship, with disasters occurring one after another, and wars continuing endlessly. The penal laws became even more harsh, and taxes and levies were even heavier.