《晋书·志·第十六章》
到明帝的时候，钱被废止谷子被使用已经很久，人间取巧做假的渐渐多起来，竞相用潮湿的谷子来谋利，制作很薄的绢来交换，即使用严刑处罚也不能禁止。
至明帝世，钱废谷用既久，人间巧伪渐多，竞湿谷以要利，作薄绢以为市，虽处以严刑而不能禁也。
By the time of Emperor Ming, money had been abolished and millet had been used for a long time. Human beings gradually became more ingenious and counterfeit, vying to make profits with wet millet and exchanging very thin silk. Even severe punishment could not stop it.