《论衡·卷十八·齐世篇》
到了春秋时期，老百姓轻浮很久了，因此孔子编写《春秋》，表彰极细小的善行，贬斥极细微的恶举，并称赞说： 周朝的礼制是依据夏、商两代的礼制制定的，多么丰富多彩呀！
至周之时，人民薄，故孔子作《春秋》，采毫毛之善，贬纤介之恶，称曰： 周监于二代，郁郁乎文哉！
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the people had been frivolous for a long time, so Confucius wrote the "Spring and Autumn Annals", praising the smallest good deeds, criticizing the smallest evil deeds, and praising, "The Zhou Dynasty's etiquette was based on that of the Xia and Shang Dynasties. How rich and colorful it is!"