《汉书·传·司马相如传下》
相如认为传说的诸仙术士居住在山泽之间，形体容貌甚瘦，这不像是帝王的仙意，于是便写成《大人赋》。
相如以为列仙之儒居山泽间，形容甚臞，此非帝王之仙意也，乃遂奏《大人赋》。
Xiangru believed that the legendary immortals and sorcerers lived in the mountains and marshes, that they were very thin and gaunt, and that this did not match the immortal aspirations of an emperor. So he wrote his “Ode to the Great Man.”