《墨子·06章 辞过》
现在的君主，修造宫室却与此不同：他们必定要向百姓横征暴敛，强夺民众的衣食之资用来营造宫室，修造台榭曲折的景观，讲究颜色雕刻的装饰。
当今之主，其为宫室，则与此异矣。必厚作敛于百姓，暴夺民衣食之财，以为宫室，台榭曲直之望，青黄刻镂之饰。
The palaces built by the current rulers, on the other hand, are not like this: they almost certainly involve exorbitant taxes on the people, seizing their food and clothing to build palaces, constructing artificial hills and winding paths, and lavishly using colors, carvings, and decorative patterns.