《明史·列传·卷一百四十五》
崇祯八年，流贼打下颍州，抓住鹤鸣，把他头朝下吊在树上，鹤鸣骂着流贼被杀害了，终年八十五岁。
崇祯八年，流贼陷颍州，执鹤鸣，例悬于树，骂贼死，年八十五。
In the eighth year of Chongzhen, the rebel army captured Yingzhou, seized Heming, and hung him upside down on a tree. Heming scolded the rebels and was killed. He was eighty-five years old.