《汉书·传·匈奴传下》
秦始皇不肯忍受匈奴入侵的小耻辱，轻易征用百姓，修筑坚固的长城，绵延上万里，运输砖石，从海边建起，长城沿边境建完了，中国国力也衰竭了，并因此丢掉了社稷江山，这便是无策了。
秦始皇不忍小耻而轻民力，筑长城之固，延袤万里，转输之行，起于负海，疆境既完，中国内竭，以丧社稷，是为无策。
Emperor Qin Shihuang Could Not Tolerate the Minor Insults of Aggression by the Xiongnu, Easily Conscripted the People, Built a Great Wall, Which Stretched Thousands of Miles, and Transported Bricks and Stones, and Started Building from the Sea Coast. After Building the Great Wall Along the Border, the Power of the Qin Dynasty Was Exhausted, and It Soon Lost Its Country. This Was No Strategy.