《南齐书·列传·卷四十七》
陛下圣明，群臣尽力，以顺制逆，以上制下，衹要公布赏罚的文告，给他们指明生死之路，那么当地之人都愿意与叛逆者为敌等到大军兵威降临到逆贼头上时，即便是穷鸟必啄，困兽犹斗，他们还会垂死挣扎，但其命运最终也不过与悬挂在厨房木梁上的鹑、鹿差不多。
陛下圣明，群臣悉力，顺以制逆，上而御下，指开赏黜之言，微示生死之路，方域之人，皆相为敌。既兵威远临，人不自保，虽穷鸟必啄，固等命于梁鹑；困兽斯惊，终并悬于厨鹿。
Your Majesty is wise and wise, and the ministers do their best to control the rebels with obedience, and control the rebels with obedience. As long as the rewards and punishments are announced, and the path of life and death is shown to them, then the local people will be willing to fight the rebels. When the army's power descends on the rebels, even if the poor bird must peck, and the trapped beast still fights, they will still struggle to death, but their fate is ultimately similar to that of the quails and deer hanging on the kitchen beam.