《宋书·列传·卷六十九》
范晔既然打算谋反，想探听皇上的心思，于是对文帝说： 我遍读两汉史书，各个藩王如果被发现有诅咒或幸灾乐祸的罪行，一般都要被处以死刑。
晔既有逆谋，欲探时旨，乃言于上曰： 臣历观前史二汉故事，诸蕃王政以訞诅幸灾，便正大逆之罚。
Since Fan Ye had intended to rebel, he wanted to sound out the emperor's ideas, so he said to Emperor Wen: "I have read through the history books of the two Han dynasties, and any藩王 (provincial king) who was found to have committed crimes of cursing the emperor or gloating over his misfortune would generally be sentenced to death.