《宋史·列传·卷一百零一》
正当全国各地祈求下雨有十个月之久，百姓被新法所刻剥，像火烧般哀鸣，而京城尤其严重，街市小民，没有不疏于职责的，聪明的、愚蠢的互相对望，好像天有大灾变的忧虑。
当四方仰雨十月之久，民刻于新法，嗷嗷如焦，而京师尤甚，闤阓细民，罔不失职，智愚相视，日有大变之忧。
For more than ten months, people from all over the country have been praying for rain, and the people have been devastated by the new laws, crying out as if they were being burned by fire. The situation in the capital is particularly serious. The people in the streets and markets are all unable to fulfill their duties. The wise and the foolish look at each other as if they were worried about a great disaster.