佛祖歷代通載 18.3

18.3

（一　庚申）　太祖玄朗（姓趙。王火德。都于汴。初名光胤。宣祖次子。生于洛陽。雄武端[愨-一+土]識度豁如。周祖以為東西班首。世祖命掌親軍遷殿前都點檢。恭帝命征河東。晚駐陳橋驛。軍情忽變。眾擁立之。正月四日受禪。丙子十月崩于萬歲殿。葬永昌陵。壽五十）改建隆○遼應曆十年。

([Year] 1: gengshen) Taizu, Xuanlang (surnamed Zhao; ruled by the virtue of Fire; had his capital at Bian; his original name was Guangyin; second son of Xuanzu; born in Luoyang; heroic and martial, upright and sincere, with an open-minded intellect and magnanimity. Zhou Taizu made him head of the East and West Squads. Shizu ordered him to take charge of the personal troops and promoted him to Palace Chief Inspector. Emperor Gong ordered him to chastise Hedong. Late at night, stationed at Chenqiao Post, the army's sentiments suddenly changed; the multitude supported and established him. On the fourth day of the first month, he accepted the abdication. In the tenth month of bingzi, he passed away in Wansui Palace and was buried in the Yongchang Mausoleum, at the age of fifty), changed [the reign era] to Jianlong. ○ The tenth year of Yingli of Liao.