《周书·列传·卷十一》
于是使得国内人口凋零，劳役赋税繁重，家中没有一日的供给，百姓无法生存。
遂使户口凋残，征赋劳剧，家无日给，民不聊生。
Therefore the population of the country has been depleted, forced labour and taxation have been onerous, families have had no assured daily supplies and the people have been unable to survive.