《旧唐书·本纪·卷十七》
文宗将此事交中书、门下两省讨论，参加讨论的官员们一致认为杀人者抵命可是从古以来都遵守的法律，上官兴死罪难免。
诏两省参议，皆言杀人者死，古今共守，兴不可免。
Emperor Wenzong handed the case over to the Zhongshu and Menxia provinces for discussion. All the officials who attended the discussion unanimously agreed that a murderer must be executed, and that上官兴's death penalty was inevitable.