The following words that represent this era are shown in shijitsugan (a history book of China, in which the historical fact of Warring States period to the late of five dynasties was written in chronological order): "－海内升平，路不拾遺，外戸不閉，商旅野宿焉".
この時代を示す言葉として、『資治通鑑』に、「－海内升平，路不拾遺，外戸不閉，商旅野宿焉。」