| | Shentu Pan's fellow native, Gou Shi's daughter Yu, avenged her father by killing the faction of Fu Shi. Officials arrested Yu and reported to Waichuang Ling Liang Pei, who wanted to sentence Yu to death. At that time, Pan was fifteen years old and a scholar-official candidate. He advised, "Yu's virtue and righteousness are sufficient to move the shameless descendants and inspire those who endure humiliation." "If she had not encountered a time of clarity, she should have been honored with a memorial arch and her tomb marked; how much more so in this age of clear judgment, yet no compassion is shown!" Liang Pei appreciated his words, and thus rendered a verdict that commuted Yu's death sentence. The townspeople praised him highly.
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