《淮南子·兵略训》
但是二世放纵声色贪欲，穷尽奢侈糜烂的各种生活，不顾百姓的饥寒贫乏，调动万乘车辆修建阿房宫，征调贫苦百姓戍守边防，收敛天下一大半的财富作为赋税，百姓不断被捕处死，以至于拉着车子服劳役死在路上的，每天不计其数。天下百姓的痛苦煎熬，如同在火上烧烤，难以忍受的痛苦使人奄奄待毙；这时全国上下都不安宁，小官吏和百姓一样不得安生。
然纵耳目之欲，穷侈靡之变，不顾百姓之饥寒穷匾也，兴万乘之驾而作阿房之宫，发阎左之戍，收大半之赋，百姓之随逮肆刑，挽辂首路死者，一旦不知千万之数，天下敖然若焦热，倾然若苦烈，上下不相宁，吏民不相憀。
However, the second generation indulged in sensual desires and greed, exhausted all kinds of extravagant and decadent life, regardless of the hunger and poverty of the people, mobilized Wancheng vehicles to build the Afang Palace, requisitioned poor people to guard the border, and collected more than half of the world's wealth as Tax, the people were constantly arrested and executed, so that those who labored in the car and died on the road were countless every day. The suffering of the people all over the world is like being roasted on a fire, and the unbearable pain makes people breathe their last. At this time, the whole country is not at peace, and petty officials and the people are equally insecure.