《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪六》
秦始皇想尊奉宗庙安定子孙后代，这与商汤和周武王是相同的；但是，商汤、周武王广泛推行德政，他们建立的国家得以保存了六七百年；秦始皇统治天下只有十多年就完全覆灭了。
为人主计者，莫如先审取舍，取舍之极定于内而安危之萌应于外矣。秦王之欲尊宗庙而安子孙，与汤、武同。然而汤、武广大其德行，六七百岁而弗失，秦王治天下十馀岁则大败。
The First Emperor of Qin wished to exalt the ancestral temple and establish his descendants for ever, which was the same as Tang the victorious and King Wu of Zhou; but Tang and King Wu extensively implemented virtuous government, their states lasted for six or seven hundred years; the First Emperor of Qin ruled the empire for only a few decades and was completely extinguished.