《梁书·列传·卷三十八》
国家疲困时则应减少战事停止浪费，事少则能养民，停止浪费则能聚财，衹用五年，倘若没有战事，必能使国丰民富。
夫国弊则省其事而息其费，事省则养民，费息则财聚，止五年之中，尚于无事，必能使国豊民阜。
When the country is poor, wars should be reduced and waste should be stopped. If there are fewer things to do, people can be raised, and if waste is stopped, wealth can be accumulated. If it takes only five years, if there is no war, the country will be rich and the people will be rich.