《汉书·传·公孙刘田王杨蔡陈郑传》
在所任职的地方用杀戮树立威严，豪强不守法令的官吏和世家大族犯法，就论罪押送太守府，按照法律程序安排主管行役的官员，设置地臼木杵，让罪犯拿木杵舂地臼，有不符合要求，或者私自解脱套在脖子上的铁钳和拴在脚上的铁梏，以及穿的衣服不合乎法律规定的，就加罪笞打。
所居以杀伐立威，豪猾吏及大姓犯法，辄论输府，以律程作司空，为他臼木杵，舂不中程，或私解脱钳釱，衣服不如法，辄加罪笞。
In the places where he held office, he used killing to establish his authority, and when powerful and lawless officials and powerful clans committed crimes, he would arrest them and send them to the governor's office, and arrange for officials in charge of corvée to set up wooden pestles and mortars according to legal procedures, and let the criminals pound the mortar with wooden pestles, If they did not meet the requirements, or if they privately released the iron clamps around their necks and the iron shackles tied to their feet, or if the clothes they wore did not conform to the law, they would be whipped and punished.