《晋书·志·第二十章》
公私废避的大义，削除轻重的变化，都是为了随时察看情况变化，使执法者隐蔽在还没裁决的时候，采集到像根芽这样微小的迹象，把它放到相应规格上，称出极微小事物的轻重，在复杂情况中考察出同一类别，这样以后才可以做到道理充分，判刑得当。
公私废避之宜，除削重轻之变，皆所以临时观衅，使用法执诠者幽于未制之中，采其根牙之微，致之于机格之上，称轻重于豪铢，考辈类于参伍，然后乃可以理直刑正。
The great righteousness of public and private abolition, removing the changes of severity and lightness, are all to observe the changes at any time, letting the law enforcer hide when he has not yet adjudicated, collecting traces as small as root buds, and putting them in the corresponding specifications, weighing the influence of extremely small things, examining the same categories in complex situations, so that later on it can be reasonable and the sentence can be appropriate.