佛祖歷代通載 4.130

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（癸未）　淮陽劉玄（字聖公。景帝七代孫。光武族兄。景帝生長沙王發。舂陵侯買。戴侯熊渠。蒼梧太守利子張生聖公為王素懦弱羞愧汗流舉手不能言二年因。牧馬于郊下因。縊殺之光。武使鄧禹葬于覇陵）治二年改元更始。

(Guiwei [23 CE]) Liu Xuan of Huaiyang (courtesy name Shenggong; seventh-generation descendant of Emperor Jing; clan elder brother of Emperor Guangwu. Emperor Jing fathered King Fa of Changsha, who fathered Mai, Marquis of Chongling, who fathered Xiongqu, Marquis of Dai, who fathered Li, Grand Administrator of Cangwu, who fathered Zhang, who fathered Shenggong. Shenggong was crowned king; having always been timid and weak, he was overcome with shame and bathed in sweat, raising his hands unable to speak. In his second year, when tending horses in the suburban plains, he was strangled to death. Guangwu sent Deng Yu to bury him at Baling) ruled for two years, changing the era name to Gengshi.