佛祖歷代通載 4.45

4.45

(Third Emperor Ziying [son of Fusu. ○ Earlier, Zhao Gao sent his son-in-law Yan Le to kill the Second Emperor, and then took the imperial seal to wear it. None of the hundred officials would follow him. When he was about to ascend the hall, the hall nearly collapsed three times. Gao knew that Heaven's mandate was not with him, and so he enthroned Ziying. The Third Emperor killed Zhao Gao in the Qi Palace and exterminated his clan to the third degree. ○ Later, when the Duke of Pei entered the Pass, Ziying tied a cord around his neck, rode in an unadorned chariot drawn by white horses, and offered up the imperial seal in surrender at Zhidao. He was King of Qin for forty-six days. ○ After the Duke of Pei entered Xianyang, he sealed the palaces, treasuries, and storehouses, and returned his army to Bashang. ○ When Xiang Yu later entered the Pass, he killed Ziying, and Qin was subsequently extinguished]).