《宋史·列传·卷一百六十一》
又说： 宣参戴着枷锁已很久了，何不稍微松一下？ 杨巨源没来得及回答，他左右的人就拿利刀砍他的头，有一寸多没砍断，于是就以杨巨源是自杀的向宣抚司报告。
又曰： 宣参荷械已久，盍少苏？ 巨源未及答，左右遽取利刀断其头，不绝者逾寸，遂以巨源自殪闻宣抚司。
He said again, "Xuanchan has long borne his shackles, why not let him loosen them a little?" Before Yang Juyuan could reply, his guards rushed forward and hacked at his neck with a sharp sword, failing to sever it by an inch or two, and so reported to the pacification commissioner that Yang Juyuan had committed suicide.