《国语·吴语·越王勾践命诸稽郢行成》
等到它的百姓疲惫，天灾又夺去它的粮食后，就可以安稳地收拾残局，吴国就失去了上天的眷顾。 
既罢弊其民，而天夺之食，安受其烬，乃无有命矣。 
After its people become exhausted and natural disasters have seized its grain, we can leisurely clean up the mess, and Wu will have lost the favor of the heavens.