《旧唐书·列传·卷三》
用光南山的竹子，也写不完他的罪行；引来东海的水，也洗不清他的恶迹。因此天神给宫廷降下灾祸，恶人在中原为非作歹，三河之间放纵大猪般的贪欲，四海之内遭受长蛇般的荼毒。百姓大量死亡，几乎无人幸存，以十分计算，只有一分而已。
三河纵封豕之贪，四海被长蛇之毒，百姓歼亡，殆无遗类，十分为计，才一而已。
Even if bamboo from south of the Guangnan Mountains were used, his crimes could not be fully recorded; even if water from the East Sea were drawn upon, his evil deeds could not be washed clean. Hence, the gods descended disasters upon the royal court, and evildoers wrought havoc in the Central Plains, indulging in their insatiable greed between the three rivers and inflicting upon the Four Seas their venomous harm like serpents. The common people died in droves, and few survived—only one in ten, it was said.