《宋史·列传·卷二百零三》
激沟渠之水而求水之奇，是不知理之所在。做文如想以词句见奇，纵然你反复推敲，终究也不会有好效果。这也是做文的一大陋习。 学者认为张耒所讲乃至理名言。
激沟渎而求水之奇，此无见于理，而欲以言语句读为奇，反覆咀嚼，卒亦无有，文之陋也。 学者以为至言。
If you want to see the strangeness of water by 激 the water in the ditches and channels, you don’t know where the principle lies. If you want to see the strangeness of words and sentences in writing, even if you think over and over again, you will not have a good effect. This is also a bad habit of writing. Scholars believe that what Zhang Lei said is a famous saying.