佛祖歷代通載 4.65

4.65

(Renxu) Emperor Wen, Heng (second son of Gaozu; his mother was Lady Bo. Earlier, Empress Lü had enfeoffed the members of the Lü clan as kings; Chen Ping, Zhou Bo, and Liu Zhang together executed three thousand people of the Lü clan to establish Emperor Wen. His nature and endowment were lenient, kind, gentle, pure, prudent, and clean. His garments were without ornate decoration, and the common people were prosperous and happy. From his accession to the throne, he issued a total of twenty-seven edicts to benefit the people and maintain peace. In the jiashen year he passed away in the Weiyang Palace and was buried in Baling at the age of forty-six). He ruled for twenty-three years.