《太平广记·卷二百六十七·酷暴一》
周朝瀛州刺史独孤庄极为残暴，有个盗贼在审问的时候不肯认罪，独孤庄叫人把盗贼领到他这儿来，说：你要是个壮士，就一一全都说出来，我就放了你。
周瀛州刺史独孤庄酷虐，有贼问不承，庄引前曰：若健儿，一一具吐，放汝。
Duhuzhuang, the governor of Yingzhou during the Zhou Dynasty, was extremely cruel. When a thief was brought to him for interrogation, he refused to confess. Duhuzhuang told his men to bring the thief in, saying, "If you are a brave man, tell me everything in detail, and I will let you go."