《三国志·魏书·明帝纪》
十八日，明帝下诏说： 以鞭笞作为官方的刑罚，本是为了改变对法令的轻视，但近年却使许多无辜的人死于鞭刑，所以朝廷决定减少鞭刑的使用范围，并明确写进法令。 
癸酉，诏曰： 鞭作官刑，所以纠慢怠也，而顷多以无辜死。其减鞭杖之制，着于令。 
On February 18, the Ming Emperor issued an edict saying: the use of flogging as a legal punishment was intended to discourage contempt for the law, but in recent years many innocent people have died from being flogged, so the imperial court has decided to reduce the scope for the use of flogging and this shall be clearly stated in the laws.