宋國英，東平人，以教習授潞城令。貪暴不仁，催科尤酷，斃杖下者，狼藉於庭。余鄉徐白山適過之，見其橫，諷曰：「為民父母，威燄固至此乎？」宋揚揚作得意之詞曰：「喏！不敢！官雖小，蒞任百日，誅五十八人矣。」後半年，方據案視事，忽瞪目而起，手足撓亂，似與人撐拒狀。自言曰「我罪當死！我罪當死！」扶入署中，踰時尋卒。嗚呼！幸有陰曹兼攝陽政；不然，顛越貨多，則「卓異」聲起矣，流毒安窮哉！
宋国英，东平人，以教习授潞城令。贪暴不仁，催科尤酷，毙杖下者，狼藉于庭。余乡徐白山适过之，见其横，讽曰：「为民父母，威燄固至此乎？」宋扬扬作得意之词曰：「喏！不敢！官虽小，莅任百日，诛五十八人矣。」后半年，方据案视事，忽瞪目而起，手足挠乱，似与人撑拒状。自言曰「我罪当死！我罪当死！」扶入署中，逾时寻卒。呜呼！幸有阴曹兼摄阳政；不然，颠越货多，则「卓异」声起矣，流毒安穷哉！
Song Guoying, a man of Dongping, had served as an instructor, and on the strength of it he was appointed magistrate of Lucheng. He was greedy, brutal and merciless, and cruellest of all in pressing for taxes: people beaten to death under his rods lay strewn about his courtyard. Xu Baishan, a man of my home county, happened to call on him. Seeing how he lorded it over everyone, Xu said pointedly, “You are father and mother to the people. Must your might blaze as fiercely as this?” Song puffed himself up and answered smugly, “Ah, you flatter me! I’m only a small official, but in a hundred days in office I have put fifty-eight men to death.” Half a year later, as he sat at his desk dealing with business, he suddenly stared wide-eyed and sprang to his feet, his arms and legs flailing as though he were fighting someone off. “My crimes deserve death!” he cried. “My crimes deserve death!” They helped him into his quarters, and a little while later he died. Alas! It is lucky that the underworld also takes a hand in governing the living. Otherwise, the more people he killed and robbed, the louder the cry of ‘Outstanding!’ would have grown, and where would the poison have ended?