《太平广记·卷二百六十八·酷暴二》
在牢房中，用火把犯人围在当中，不给饭吃，犯人多是抽衣服中的棉絮吃下去充饥。
以火围绕，绝其粮，多抽衣絮以啗之。
In the prison cells, they would encircle the prisoners with torches and withhold their food, forcing the prisoners to eat the cotton from their clothes to fill their stomachs.