In one case, someone stole the grave marker from the family grave of an imperial concubine. The concubine felt that the thief should be sentenced to death, but the official in charge of the case argued that it should be handled strictly according to law. Otherwise, he argued, if stealing a gravestone was punishable by death, then what should be the punishment for much more severe crimes like grave-robbing?
有人偷王妃家廟裡的墓碑，王妃認為應處以死刑，執法的廷尉卻表示，應依法處理，否則，偷墓碑就判死刑，若犯了挖祖墳等更嚴重的罪行時，又該如何定罪？