釋氏稽古略 1.436

1.436

諱雉姓呂氏。惠帝母。惠帝崩。太后取後宮美人子為太子立之。太后臨朝稱制。四年少帝知而言之。太后遂幽少帝永巷中。立恒中王義為帝。更名弘不稱元年。以太后制天下事故也。至文帝立。皆滅之於邸。八年秋七月太后崩。壽七十二（在位八年）呂祿呂產欲作亂。太尉周勃等誅諸呂。諸大臣相與陰謀。使人召代王。上天子璽符代王。讓者五。遂乃即天子位。

Personal name Zhi, family name Lü. Mother of Emperor Hui. When Emperor Hui passed away, the Empress Dowager took the son of an imperial concubine to be Crown Prince and enthroned him. The Empress Dowager attended court and exercised rule. In the fourth year, the Young Emperor learned of this and spoke out; the Empress Dowager thereupon confined the Young Emperor to the Eternal Lane and enthroned Yi, King of Hengshan, as Emperor, changing his name to Hong without styling it a first year, because the Empress Dowager governed the affairs of the realm. By the time Emperor Wen was enthroned, they were all eliminated in their residences. In the seventh month of autumn in the eighth year, the Empress Dowager passed away, aged seventy-two (on the throne for eight years). Lü Lu and Lü Chan plotted rebellion; Grand Commandant Zhou Bo and others executed the various Lüs. The ministers conspired together and sent messengers to summon the King of Dai. They presented the imperial seals and tallies to the King of Dai; after declining five times, he then ascended the imperial throne.