佛祖歷代通載 15.3

15.3

（一　丙戌）　憲宗純改元和（順宗長子。以北突厥承瓘為招討使。白居易陳自中官為統帥者。天下安寧。咸謂中興之主。北方天帝降夢。令興佛法。帝不承命。愛服丹藥。致性燥急。後為中官陳弘志弑之。壽四十三歲。葬于景陵時有名賢柳子厚韓退之元微之劉禹錫白居易等。在位十五年）。

(1. Bingxu [806]) Emperor Xianzong, [whose personal name was] Chun, changed the reign era to Yuanhe. (He was the eldest son of Shunzong. He appointed the Northern Turk Cheng Guan as pacification commissioner. Bai Juyi presented [memorials] advising that eunuchs should not serve as commander-in-chief. The realm was peaceful and secure; all acclaimed him as a ruler of dynastic restoration. A dream descended from the Heavenly Sovereign of the North, bidding him to cause the Buddhadharma to flourish, but the Emperor did not follow this command. He loved to ingest elixir medicines, which caused his temperament to become irascible. Later he was assassinated by the eunuch Chen Hongzhi, at the age of forty-three. He was buried at Jingling. At that time there were renowned and worthy figures such as Liu Zihou [Liu Zongyuan], Han Tuizhi [Han Yu], Yuan Weizhi [Yuan Zhen], Liu Yuxi, and Bai Juyi. He was on the throne for fifteen years).