《左传·成公·成公十七年》
他们都再拜叩头说： 君王讨伐有罪的人，而赦免下臣一死，这是君王的恩惠。
皆再拜稽首曰： 君讨有罪，而免臣于死，君之惠也。
They both bowed their heads twice to the ground, and said, “Your Grace has put the guilty to death, and has spared us. This is a great act of goodness from your Grace.