《文心雕龙·书记》
《诗经》的作者写诗以讽刺统治者，《周礼》中说断狱要向三种人逐一询问。
刺者，达也。诗人讽刺，周礼三刺，事叙相达，若针之通结矣。
The author of the "Book of Poetry" wrote poems to satirize rulers, "Zhou Li" says that for determining cases one should question three types of people in turn.