佛祖統紀 35.141

35.141

In the eighth year of the Yanxi reign period, the eunuchs directed Lao Xiu to submit a memorial accusing Li Ying, Colonel of the Cizhou Region, of keeping idle scholars of the Imperial Academy and forming cliques with students from various commanderies to slander the imperial court. The emperor was furious and issued orders down to the commanderies and kingdoms to arrest the partisans. Li Ying and others were consigned to the Northern Prison, and the depositions implicated more than two hundred people including Du Mi, Chen Xiang, Chen Shi, and Fan Pang, all of whom were renowned worthies of the realm. Li Ying and the others implicated many sons and younger brothers of the eunuchs. Terrified, the eunuchs requested the emperor to grant amnesty to the partisans in accord with the seasons of heaven, allowing them all to return to their native fields; their names were recorded in the Three Ducal Offices and they were barred from office for life.