詩曰：
紂王聚斂吸民脂，不信當年放桀時。積粟已無千載計，盈財豈有百年期。
诗曰：
纣王聚敛吸民脂，不信当年放桀时。积粟已无千载计，盈财岂有百年期。
A poem says:
King Zhou gathered riches, sucking the people’s fat,and would not believe in the day when Jie was banished;his heaped-up grain was no plan for a thousand years,his hoarded wealth could never last a hundred.
須知世運逢真主，卻笑貪淫有阿癡。今日還歸民社去，從來天意豈容私！
须知世运逢真主，却笑贪淫有阿痴。今日还归民社去，从来天意岂容私！
Know this: the world’s fortunes turn when a true lord appears;laugh at the greedy, lustful fool and his folly.Today it all goes back to the people and their altars —when did Heaven’s will ever allow a private grasp?
話說眾諸侯俱上了九間殿，只見丹墀下大小將領、頭目等眾，躋躋蹌蹌，簇擁兩傍。子牙傳令：「軍士先救滅宮中火焰。」武王對子牙曰：「紂王無道，殘虐生靈，而六宮近在肘腋，其宮人、宦寺被害更慘，今軍士救火，不無波及無辜；相父首先嚴禁，毋令復遭陷害也。」子牙聞言，忙傳令：「凡軍士人等止許救火，毋得肆行暴虐，敢有違令妄取六宮中一物，妄殺一人者，斬首示眾，決不姑息！汝宜悉知。」只見眾宮人、宦寺、侍衛、軍官齊呼：「萬歲！」武王在九間殿駐蹕，與眾諸侯看軍士救火。武王猛抬頭，看見殿東邊有黃鄧鄧二十根大銅柱擺列在傍，武王問曰：「此銅柱乃是何物？」子牙曰：「此銅柱乃是紂王所造炮烙之刑。」武王曰：「善哉！不但臨刑者甚慘，只今日孤觀之，不覺心膽皆裂。紂天子可謂殘忍之甚！」子牙引武王入後宮，至摘星樓下，見蠆盆裏面蛇蝎上下翻騰，白骨暴露，骷骸亂滾；又見酒池內陰風慘慘，肉林下冷露悽悽。武王問曰：「此是何故？」子牙曰：「此是紂王所製蠆盆，殺害宮人者；左右正是肉林、酒池。」武王曰：「傷哉！紂天子何無仁心一至此也！」不勝傷感，乃作詩以紀之，詩言：
话说众诸侯俱上了九间殿，只见丹墀下大小将领、头目等众，跻跻跄跄，簇拥两傍。子牙传令：「军士先救灭宫中火焰。」武王对子牙曰：「纣王无道，残虐生灵，而六宫近在肘腋，其宫人、宦寺被害更惨，今军士救火，不无波及无辜；相父首先严禁，毋令复遭陷害也。」子牙闻言，忙传令：「凡军士人等止许救火，毋得肆行暴虐，敢有违令妄取六宫中一物，妄杀一人者，斩首示众，决不姑息！汝宜悉知。」只见众宫人、宦寺、侍卫、军官齐呼：「万岁！」武王在九间殿驻跸，与众诸侯看军士救火。武王猛抬头，看见殿东边有黄邓邓二十根大铜柱摆列在傍，武王问曰：「此铜柱乃是何物？」子牙曰：「此铜柱乃是纣王所造炮烙之刑。」武王曰：「善哉！不但临刑者甚惨，只今日孤观之，不觉心胆皆裂。纣天子可谓残忍之甚！」子牙引武王入后宫，至摘星楼下，见虿盆里面蛇蝎上下翻腾，白骨暴露，骷骸乱滚；又见酒池内阴风惨惨，肉林下冷露凄凄。武王问曰：「此是何故？」子牙曰：「此是纣王所制虿盆，杀害宫人者；左右正是肉林、酒池。」武王曰：「伤哉！纣天子何无仁心一至此也！」不胜伤感，乃作诗以纪之，诗言：
Now, when the lords had all gone up into the Nine-Bay Hall, they saw officers and captains of every rank, great and small, thronging in good order on both sides below the vermilion steps. Ziya gave the order: “Soldiers, first put out the fires in the palace.” King Wu said to Ziya, “King Zhou was without the Way and cruel to every living thing, and the six palaces lay close at his elbow, so his palace women and eunuchs suffered worst of all. Now, as the soldiers fight the fire, the innocent may well be swept up in it. Father Chancellor, forbid it strictly before anything else, so that they do not come to harm again.” Hearing this, Ziya quickly gave the order: “Soldiers and all others are to put out the fire and nothing more. No one is to run wild and do violence. Anyone who dares disobey — who takes so much as one thing from the six palaces, or kills one person without cause — will be beheaded before the army, and no mercy shown! Let every one of you know it.” At this the palace women, eunuchs, guards and officers all cried, “Ten thousand years!” King Wu halted in the Nine-Bay Hall and watched the soldiers fight the fire with the lords. Suddenly he looked up and saw twenty great bronze pillars, gleaming yellow, standing in a row by the east side of the hall. King Wu asked, “What are these bronze pillars?” Ziya said, “These bronze pillars are the burning pillar, the punishment King Zhou devised.” King Wu said, “Ah! It is not only cruel to those put to death on them — even I, just looking at them today, feel my heart and gall split. King Zhou, the Son of Heaven, was cruel beyond all measure!” Ziya led King Wu into the rear palace. At the foot of the Star-Plucking Tower they saw the scorpion pit, where snakes and scorpions writhed and tumbled over one another, white bones lay bare and skulls rolled about; they saw the pool of wine, where a dismal wind blew dark and cold, and the forest of meat, where cold dew lay chill and sad. King Wu asked, “What is all this?” Ziya said, “This is the scorpion pit King Zhou made for killing palace women; on either side are the forest of meat and the pool of wine.” King Wu said, “How sad! How could King Zhou, the Son of Heaven, be so utterly without humanity?” Overcome with grief, he made a poem to record it. The poem said: