《新五代史·附录·四夷附录第二》
麻苔尤其残酷暴虐，常常掠夺中原人，剥脸皮，挖眼睛，拔头发，砍断手腕再杀掉，出入常常随身带着钳凿挑割的工具，寝室前后挂上人的肝脏、小腿、手、足，而谈笑自如。镇、定二州的人都受不了他的残害。
麻答尤酷虐，多略中国人，剥面，抉目，拔发，断腕而杀之，出入常以钳凿挑割之具自随，寝处前后挂人肝、胫、手、足，言笑自若，镇、定之人不胜其毒。
Matai was particularly cruel and tyrannical, often plundering the people of the Central Plains, peeling off their faces, gouging out their eyes, pulling out their hair, cutting off their wrists and then killing them. When he went out, he often carried tongs and chisels with him to pick and cut. People's livers, calves, hands and feet were hung in front and behind his bedroom, and he talked and laughed as if nothing had happened. All the people of Zhen and Dingzhou could not bear his brutality.