《新五代史·列传·杂传第三十九》
南方运送进贡的财物途经襄阳的，多擅自留用，阻截商人行客，把他们都刺脸充军。
南方贡输道出襄阳者，多擅留之，邀遮商旅，皆黥以充军。
Most of the wealth transported from the south to the court passed through Xiangyang, and he mostly kept it for himself. He stopped merchants and travelers, marking their faces and sending them to the army.