贞观六年(公元632年),唐太宗亲自审阅狱中在押罪犯的案卷.看见有许多人被判死刑.很是怜悯.决定放这些死囚回家.让他们来年秋天回来接受死刑。于是.下令全国.把死囚犯全放回家,规定日期来到京城受刑。 第二年秋天.全国所有放回探家的死囚犯390人,没有督促,全部按期来到京城长安,没有一个人逃亡。唐太宗因此赦免了这些死囚犯的罪。 In the sixth year of Zhenguan (632 AD), Emperor Taizong himself went through the files of prisoners in custody in prison, saw many people being sentenced to death, mercifully, and decided to return the prisoners to their hometowns and come back to accept the death penalty the following fall. So ordered the whole country to put all prisoners on death row, set the date came to the capital torture. In the following autumn, all 390 prisoners of death who had been returned to the country without supervision were all sent to Chang’an in the capital on schedule, and no one had fled. Emperor Taizong therefore forgave these dead prisoners.