《资治通鉴·晋纪·晋纪十》
当时刘聪在逍遥园的李中堂里，陈元达事先拿锁锁住腰进去，进去后便用锁把自己锁在堂下的树下，大声呼喊： 我所说的，是为社稷大业考虑，而陛下却要杀掉我。
时聪在逍遥园李中堂，元达先锁腰而入，即以锁锁堂下树，呼曰： 臣所言者，社稷之计，而陛下杀臣。
At that time, Liu Cong was in the Li Zhongtang in the Xiaoyao Garden. Chen Yuanda entered the garden with chains around his waist, and when he got inside, he locked himself to a tree under the hall and shouted loudly, "What I said was for the sake of the country, and yet Your Majesty is going to kill me."