《汉书·传·匡张孔马传》
于是对皇上说： 春秋二百四十二年间，共出现三十余次日食，五次地震，其间有时发生诸侯相互残杀，有时是夷狄侵扰中原地区，灾变之异难以预见。因此古代圣人很少谈论天命，也不说怪神。
禹则谓上曰： 春秋二百四十二年间，日蚀三十余，地震五，或为诸侯自杀，或夷狄侵中国，灾变之异深远难见，故圣人罕言命，不语怪神。
So he said to the emperor, "During the 242 years of the "Spring and Autumn" period, there were more than 30 solar eclipses and five earthquakes. Sometimes, there were wars among the vassals and sometimes barbarians invaded the Central Plains. It is difficult to predict the changes of the disasters. Therefore, the ancient sages rarely talked about the mandate of Heaven or mentioned the gods and spirits.