《宋书·志·卷十七》
春季田猎演练军队，进献所猎得的禽兽祭社；夏季田猎演习野战宿营，进献所猎得的禽兽夏祭宗庙；秋季田猎作战演习，进献所猎得的禽兽祭祀四方之神；冬季田猎举行大检阅，进献所猎得的禽兽冬祭宗庙。据《汉祭祀志》： 立秋那天，在西郊举行迎秋气之礼完毕，开始弘扬武威，名叫 躯刘 。
振旅春搜，则以祭社；茇舍夏苗，则以享礿；治兵秋狝，则以祀祊；大阅冬狩，则以享烝。案《汉祭祀志》： 唯立秋之日，白郊事毕，始扬威武，名曰： 貙刘 。
In the spring there were field training exercises, in which troops were deployed and the hunt for wild game was offered as sacrifices to the community shrine. In the summer there were field training exercises in camping for warfare and the hunt for wild game was offered as sacrifices to the ancestral temples in summer. In the autumn there were field training exercises in combat manoeuvres and the hunt for wild game was offered as sacrifices to the deities of the four directions. In the winter there were major reviews of troops and the hunt for wild game was offered as sacrifices to the ancestral temples. According to the "Records of Han Sacrifices," when the day of Liqiu (the onset of autumn) arrived, after the autumn air had been ushered in in a rite held in the western suburbs, it would be time to demonstrate military force, which would be called "驅劉.