According to Zi Tongzhi Bamboo Slips, the courtiers said at that time, "I heard that Jia Hu of the Western Region got a beautiful pearl. What is it?" The courtier said, "Yes." Shang said: "everyone knows that he loves pearls, but he doesn't love his own body;" What is the difference between surrendering to the law and succumbing to the absurd evil of the emperor? "

Emperor Taizong told the courtiers that he heard that some merchants in the Western Regions found very good jewels, and in order to get them back, they cut open the bodies and hid them. Is it true?/You don't say. The courtier replied: There is such a thing. Emperor Taizong said: Everyone knows that he loves pearls more than himself. Officials corrupt and pervert the law, and the emperor covets the joy of national subjugation, which is not as ridiculous as that conference businessman!