《资治通鉴·晋纪·晋纪三十七》
拓跋屈打算先杀后赦，关键在于两个步骤缺一不可，哪里比得上大赦一次就把他们平定了呢？
屈欲先诛后赦，要为两不能去，曷若一赦而遂定乎！
Tuoba Qu planned to first kill and then pardon. It is critical that neither step be omitted. How could it compare with general pardons that pacified them all at once?