佛祖歷代通載 15.41

15.41

（庚子）　正月帝服金丹燥悶。內竪畏誅而深宮祕邃。故有不測之禍。資治通鑑曰。憲宗聰明果決得於天性。選任忠良延納善謀。師老財屈異論輻輳。而不為之疑。盜發都邑屠害元戎。而不為之懼。卒能取靈夏清劍南。誅浙西俘澤潞。平淮南復齊魯。於是天下深根固蔕之盜。皆狼顧鼠拱。納質効地稽顙入朝。百年之憂一旦廓然矣。然怠於防微。變生肘腋。悲夫。

(Gengzi) In the first month, the Emperor took an elixir of immortality and became dry and agitated. The inner eunuchs feared execution, and the inner palace was deep and secluded; hence an unforeseen calamity occurred. The *Zizhi tongjian* says: 'Emperor Xianzong’s intelligence and decisiveness were endowed by his heaven-given nature. He selected and appointed the loyal and good, and welcomed fine counsel. Though his armies were exhausted, his wealth depleted, and dissenting opinions converged like spokes on an axle, he did not doubt. Though rebels arose in the capital and slaughtered the commander-in-chief, he was not afraid. In the end he was able to take Lingwu and Xiazhou, pacify Jiannan, execute the rebels of Zhexi, capture those of Zelu, pacify Huainan, and recover Qi and Lu. Thereupon the deeply rooted rebels throughout the realm all looked back like wolves and hunched like rats, sending hostages, ceding land, and prostrating themselves at court. The anxieties of a hundred years were cleared away in a single day. Yet he was negligent in guarding against slight beginnings, and disaster arose from within his own armpits. How lamentable!'