《左传·哀公·哀公元年》
吴国每天在战争中凋敝，暴露尸骨多得像杂草一样，而又没有见到什么德行。
吴日敝于兵，暴骨如莽，而未见德焉。
Wu cadaverously decayed over its battle campaigns every day, where exposed corpses were as numerous as brambles and briars, and no virtue was to be seen.