《三国志·魏书·崔毛徐何邢鲍司马传》
就判罚崔琰为刑徒奴隶，太祖派人去看他，但崔琰言辞神色刚正不屈。
於是罚琰为徒隶，使人视之，辞色不挠。
Cui Yan was sentenced to be a criminal slave, and the Emperor Taizu sent someone to see him, but Cui Yan was upright and unyielding in his words and expressions.