《南史·列传·卷二十七》
降低死罪让犯人能够生存，的确是较轻的刑法，可以保全他的生命，增加他的产育，仁慈既可以对人生有利，功劳也可以有益于大众。
降死之生，诚爲轻法，可以全其性命，蕃其産育，仁既济物，功亦益衆。
Reducing the death penalty so that the prisoners can survive is indeed a lighter punishment, which can save his life, increase his fertility, and benevolence can benefit life, and his merits can also benefit the public.