陶弘景：养性延命录·第7则

《詩》曰：「無田甫田，維莠驕驕。」言力不及而貪多務得，未免苟簡之弊。故《莊子》曰：「昔予為禾，耕而鹵莽之，其實亦鹵莽而報予；芸而滅裂之，其實亦滅裂而報予。」此言苟簡之害也。《農書》云：古者分田之制，一夫一婦，受田百畝。以其地有肥墝，故有不易、一易、再易之別。不易之地家百畝，謂可以歲耕之也；「一易之地，家二百畝」，謂歲耕其半也；「再易之地，家三百畝」，謂歲耕百畝，三歲而一周也。先王之制如此，非獨以為土敝則草木不長，氣衰則生物不遂也，抑欲…

太后春秋雖高，善自塗澤，雖左右不覺其衰。丙戌，敕以齒落更生，九月，庚子，御則天門，赦天下，改元。更以九月為社。制於并州置北都。

Still, negotiate it he must and he did! And after luncheon in the garden, with the cat in his lap, Miss Greenaway perceptibly thawed out, and when the editor left late that afternoon he had the promise of the artist…