《梁书·列传·卷四十》
许懋回答说： 雩祭燔柴逭件事，经书上没有记载，的确是儒生没有思考就这样说。
懋答曰： 雩祭燔柴，经无其文，良由先儒不思故也。
Xu Mao answered that the burning firewood in the rain worshipping sacrifice was not recorded in the classics. That was what the Confucian scholars said without careful consideration.