《容斋随笔·卷一·地险》
然而东汉末年，袁绍跨越四地占有了青州、冀州、幽州、并州，韩遂、马腾之辈则分据关中各地，刘璋占据了蜀地，刘表据守荆州，吕布窃据徐州，袁术包揽了南阳、寿春两地，孙策取得了江东地区，天下有险可据的战略地区都被分刮殆尽了。
然东汉之末，袁绍跨有青、冀、幽、并四州，韩遂、马腾辈分据关中，刘璋擅蜀，刘表居荆州，吕布盗徐，袁术包南阳、寿春，孙策取江东，天下形胜尽矣。
However, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao crossed four places and occupied Qingzhou, Jizhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou. Han Sui and Ma Teng divided the Guanzhong area, Liu Zhang occupied the Sichuan area, Liu Biao defended Jingzhou, Lv Bu stole Xuzhou, Yuan Shu took over Nanyang and Shouchun, and Sun Ce won the Jiangdong area. All the strategic areas with dangerous terrain in the world have been divided up.