《新唐书·列传·卷五十二》
切盼凡是刺史、县令，所定的杖刑以及盛夏之时的杖刑一并停止，以符合陛下爱好生灵之德，对犯死罪者有再生之恩。 
请今贷死决杖，会盛夏生长时并停，则有再生之实。 
It is hoped that the governors and county magistrates will stop all the floggings and the floggings in the hot summer, so as to coincide with the emperor's virtue of loving living beings and having the kindness of regenerating those who have committed capital crimes.