《梁书·列传·卷三十四》
在百姓的精诚到了末期，剪除大的枝干使它自行衰落；既观看到了树中的蠹虫而肆用刑法，又陈兽尸而取乐。
在苍精之将季，剪洪柯以销落；既观蝎而逞刑，又施兽而为谑。
When the people's sincerity came to an end, he cut down the big branches to make it decay on its own; having seen the borer in the tree he wantonly used criminal law, and enjoyed himself in the corpse of the beast.