《宋史·列传·卷二百一十四》
然后相公称臣由自己承担错误的责任，以表明身为人臣，为防止祸患所欺瞒，遭受仇敌胁迫玷污，当时不能就死，以待陛下，今天还有什么面目事奉君主，向刑部投案自首请求处死，作为人臣失去气节的惩戒，拜伏宫阙下等待命令。
然后相公北面引咎，以明身为人臣，昧于防患，遭寇仇胁污，当时不能即死，以待陛下，今复何面目事君，请归死司寇，为人臣失节之戒，伏阙下俟命。
Then the Prime Minister can submit himself as a subject, take responsibility for his own misjudgments, show that as a subject he was forced into his present duties by deceit and was coerced by an enemy into disgracing himself, and that at that time he was unable to die immediately in order to await Your Majesty. But today what face does he have to serve his sovereign? He can turn himself in to the Ministry of Justice and request execution as punishment for a subject's loss of honor. He can prostrate himself beneath the palace gates and await Your Majesty's orders.