《资治通鉴·陈纪·陈纪一》
文宣帝生性既然残忍，上行下效，司法部门审问囚犯，没有不严酷行刑的。有的把铁犁的犁耳烧红，让囚犯站在上面；有的把车轴烧红，让囚犯用手臂从中间的孔中穿过去。囚犯既受不了这种苦刑，就都屈打成招，受诬屈服。
帝既残忍，有司讯囚，莫不严酷，或烧犁耳，使立其上，或烧车釭，使以臂贯之，既不胜苦，皆至诬伏。
Emperor Wendi was by nature cruel, and his officials followed his lead, so that prisoners brought before the judicial authorities were invariably harshly treated. In some cases a ploughing-share would be made red-hot and the prisoner forced to stand on it; in others, an axle would be made red-hot and the prisoner compelled to put his arms through the hole in the center. Unable to endure the torture, the victims would all confess falsely and suffer wrongs and injustice.