《论衡·卷十一·说日篇》
孔子虽然不赞成说陨星离地一尺又返回天上，但它离地一定有确实的数字，鲁国的史官亲眼看见，是不会凭空瞎说的；说 与雨一同落下来 ，雨会聚集在地上，陨石也该是这样。
孔子虽不合言及地尺，虽地必有实数，鲁史目见，不空言者也，云与雨俱，雨集於地，石亦宜然。
Although Confucius does not agree that a meteor fell about a foot from the ground and then returned to the sky, it must have been a certain distance from the ground. The historian of the State of Lu saw it with their own eyes. They would not have made it up; to say that it fell with the rain, the rain will gather on the ground, and so should meteorites.