佛祖歷代通載 10.72

10.72

（乙丑）　煬帝廣（小字阿𭚅。高祖次子。篡立于仁壽宮。初登有政治民。後幸洛陽營建東京。發河南人夫數百萬。開通濟渠而達淮泗龍舟鳳舸。又至江都。民不堪命。而群盜蜂起。四海土崩。後為宇文弑之。壽五十九年）。

(Yichou) Emperor Yang, named Guang (childhood name A-mo; second son of Emperor Gaozu; usurped the throne at Renshou Palace. At his initial accession, there was good governance and care for the people. Later, he visited Luoyang and constructed the Eastern Capital, conscripting several million laborers from Henan to excavate the Tongji Canal connecting the Huai and Si rivers for dragon boats and phoenix barges. He also traveled to Jiangdu; the people could not endure his demands, bandits arose like swarms of bees, and the realm collapsed. Later, he was assassinated by Yuwen [Huaji] at the age of fifty-nine).