《宋书·列传·卷六十》
天虽高远听不见，但它明察秋毫。兴与衰都取决于人，成功与失败容易明了，从未有国家治理好了而人民却造反的。
天高听卑，无幽不察，兴衰在人，成败易晓，未有政治在于上而人乱于下者也。
Although heaven is so far away that it cannot hear, it observes every detail. Rise and fall depend on the people, success and failure are easy to see, never has there been a country that was governed well yet its people rebelled.