《宋史·列传·卷五十九》
当年大饥，有人持棍去盗抢别人的粮食。陈从易力请减免他们的死罪，因此获救者千余人。
会岁大饥，有持杖盗取民谷者，请一切减死论，凡生者千余人。
During the famine that year, someone took a stick to steal other people's food. Chen Congyi made a strong request to reduce the death penalty, and thus saved more than a thousand people.