佛祖歷代通載 8.2

8.2

(Year 1: Gengshen) [Liu] Song (surnamed Liu, capital at Jiankang). Master Lei said: "Gao, Shao, Wen, Wu, the Former Ming, and the Later Shun—the Song dynasty had eight sovereigns, spanning a total of sixty years." Emperor Gaozu Wu (Yu) changed the era to Yongchu. (His courtesy name was Deyu, childhood name Jinu. He was a native of Suiyu Lane, Pengcheng County. He was a twentieth-generation descendant of Jiao, King Yuan of Chu and younger brother of Han Gaozu. Pengcheng was the capital of Chu, hence his descendants settled there. The Emperor served the Jin as Grand Commandant; he had heroic talent and grand strategy, while remaining plain, frugal, and of few desires. When the Jin moved east, the Liu clan relocated to Jinling. He accepted the abdication of the Jin house and graced the palace in Jiankang. At the age of sixty-seven he passed away in the Western Palace, and was buried in the Chuning Mausoleum on Mount Jiang in Jiankang County. He reigned for three years.)