佛祖歷代通載 8.76

8.76

太祖高皇帝道成（姓蕭氏。字紹伯。小字聞將。漢相國何二十四代孫。祖整過江居晉陵。遂為蘭陵人。皇考承之。仕宋為漢中太守。生帝龍顙鐘聲。亦仕宋立功。蒼梧王屢欲害之。遂生猜釁而伐宋為齊王。壽五十四歲。崩臨光殿。在位四年。順帝之禪位也。泣而彈指曰。願後身世世勿生天王家）。

Taizu, the Martial Emperor (Gaodi), Daocheng. (Surname Xiao, courtesy name Shaobo, childhood name Wenjiang; twenty-fourth generation descendant of the Han Chancellor of State He. His grandfather Zheng crossed the Yangtze River and resided in Jinling, thereby becoming a native of Lanling. His imperial father Chengzhi served the Song as Grand Administrator of Hanzhong. At the Emperor’s birth he had a dragon-like forehead and a voice resonant like a bell. He also served the Song and performed meritorious service. As the King of Cangwu repeatedly sought to harm him, suspicion and discord arose, so he launched an expedition against the Song and became the King of Qi. He lived to the age of fifty-four, passed away in the Linguang Palace, and reigned for four years. When Emperor Shun abdicated the throne, he wept and snapped his fingers, saying, 'May I in lifetime after lifetime never again be born into the family of a heavenly king!')