《资治通鉴·后晋纪·后晋纪四》
使用的刑罚惨烈严酷，有灌鼻、割舌、肢解、刳剔、炮炙、烹蒸等办法；或者把毒蛇聚养在水中，把犯了罪的人投进去，称为 水狱 。
用刑惨酷，有灌鼻、割舌、支解、刳剔、砲炙、烹蒸之法；或聚毒蛇水中，以罪人投之，谓之水狱。
The punishments used were cruel and severe, including nasal irrigation, tongue cutting, dismemberment, disembowelment, roasting, and steaming; or keeping poisonous snakes in the water and throwing criminals into it, which is called "water prison".