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冬月傳属縣囚論府下,流血數里,河南號曰屠伯,其母常
從東海来,欲就延年臘,到洛陽,適見報囚,母大驚,便止都
亭,不肯入府,延年出至都亭謁,母閉閤不見,延年免冠頓
首閤下,母乃見之,因責數延年曰,幸備郡守,不聞仁義教
化有以全安愚民,顧乘刑罰多刑殺人,欲以致威,豈為民
父母之意哉,延年服罪,頓首謝,因為御歸府舍,母畢正臘
已,謂延年曰,天道神明,人不可獨殺,我不自意老當見壮
子被刑戮也,行矣去汝,東歸,掃除墓地耳,遂去,歸郡見昆
弟宗族,復為言之,後歲餘,而府丞所章結延年罪名十事,
下御史按驗,遂棄延年於市,東海莫不稱母賢智,君子謂
嚴母仁智信道,詩云,心之憂矣,寧自全矣,嚴母之謂也,
後漢

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