佛祖歷代通載 2.22

2.22

（十一　丁亥）　黃帝有熊氏（姓公孫名軒轅。少典次子。生而神靈。弱而能言。幼而循齊。長而敦敏。成而聰明。榆岡末年諸侯相伐。帝作弧矢征之。天下咸伏。伏虎貔貙貅之于𪣘坂。有蚩尤兄弟八十一人銅頭鐵額。噉沙吞石。是山海之精。以亂天下。戰于涿鹿之野。受斬于中帝。鑄鼎成飛仙。攀龍去也。壽二百一十歲。葬衣冠於橋山）在位一百年。臣左徹（刻木為相。率諸侯朝十年行政）造合宮製衣服。使魯班造舟車（舟游也。可以濟水。車舍也。可以行居）建屋宇制棺槨以送死。始有葬禮（禮曰。天子七日而殯。七月而葬。諸侯五日而殯。五月而葬。大夫及士庶人。三日而殯。三月而葬。天子墳高三仞。樹以松。諸侯半之。樹以柏。大夫八尺。樹以栗。適士官高四尺。樹以槐。庶人無墳。樹以楊柳）。作咸池樂。用天老力牧太山稽為相。

(11 Dinghai) The Yellow Emperor Youxiong Shi (surnamed Gongsun, named Xuanyuan. The second son of Shaodian. He was divine and intelligent at birth, capable of speaking while yet an infant, compliant and neat in childhood, sincere and clever in youth, and astute and perceptive in adulthood. In the late years of Yugang, the feudal lords attacked one another; the Emperor made bows and arrows to campaign against them, and the whole realm submitted. He subdued tigers, pixiu, chul, and xiong at the slope of Banquan. There was Chiyou, whose eighty-one brothers had bronze heads and iron brows, who devoured sand and swallowed stones; they were the spirits of mountains and seas who brought disorder to the realm. He battled them in the wilds of Zhuolu, and Chiyou was beheaded by the Central Emperor. Having cast a tripod, he attained flying transcendence, grasping the dragon's whiskers to ascend. His lifespan was 210 years; his cap and robes were buried at Mount Qiao). He reigned for 100 years. His minister Zuo Che (carved wood into his likeness to act as minister, leading the feudal lords to court for ten years to administer the government). He built the Hall of Harmony, fashioned garments, and ordered Lu Ban to build boats and carts (zhou means to travel, capable of crossing waters; che means a conveyance, capable of traveling and residing). He erected buildings and chambers, and crafted inner and outer coffins to send off the dead; funeral rites began with him (the Classic of Rites says: 'The Son of Heaven is encoffined in seven days and buried in seven months; feudal lords are encoffined in five days and buried in five months; grand masters, servicemen, and commoners are encoffined in three days and buried in three months. The mound of the Son of Heaven is three ren high, planted with pines; that of feudal lords is half of that, planted with cypresses; grand masters, eight chi, planted with chestnuts; principal servicemen, four chi, planted with scholar trees; commoners have no mound, planted with willows'). He composed the music of Xianchi, and employed Tianlao, Limu, and Taishan Ji as his ministers.