廣弘明集 26.22

26.22

楊思達為西陽郡。值侯景亂。時復旱。儉飢民盜田中麥。思達遣一部曲守視。所得盜者輒截手腕。凡戮十餘人。部曲後生一男。自然無手。

Yang Sida served as governor of Xiyang Commandery. During the Hou Jing rebellion, there was also a drought and famine; starving people stole wheat from the fields. Sida sent a retainer to stand guard. Whenever a thief was caught, he severed their wrists, mutilating over ten people in all. Later, this retainer fathered a boy who was born naturally without hands.