釋氏稽古略 1.515

1.515

志。章帝曾孫。年十五。太后猶臨朝政。立皇后梁氏。太后之妹也。帝在位二十一年。壽三十六。和平元年正月。太后詔歸政於帝。二月太后崩。延熹二年梁冀秉政幾二十年。威行內外。天子拱手常不平。呼中常侍單超徐璜黃門令具瑗（即具獨坐）小黃門史左悺唐衡。定議誅冀。悉收梁氏。百姓莫不稱慶。封單超徐璜等五人為縣侯世謂之五侯也。建和（三）和平（一）元嘉（二）永興（二）永壽（三）延熹（九）永康（一）。

Zhi, the great-grandson of Emperor Zhang, aged fifteen. The Empress Dowager continued to preside over the administration of the court. She established Lady Liang, her younger sister, as Empress. The Emperor reigned for twenty-one years and lived to thirty-six. In the first month of the first year of Heping, the Empress Dowager issued an edict returning government affairs to the Emperor. In the second month, the Empress Dowager passed away. By the second year of Yanxi, Liang Ji had held the reins of government for nearly twenty years, his authority prevailing inside and outside the court. The Emperor could only fold his hands and was constantly aggrieved; he summoned Regular Attendants Shan Chao and Xu Huang, Palace Gate Leader Ju Yuan (that is, Ju the Solitary Seater), and Junior Attendants of the Gate Zuo Guan and Tang Heng, and decided upon a plan to execute Ji. The Liang clan was completely rounded up, and the common people without exception celebrated. Shan Chao, Xu Huang, and the other five men were enfeoffed as county marquises, known to the world as the Five Marquises. Reign eras: Jianhe (3), Heping (1), Yuanjia (2), Yongxing (2), Yongshou (3), Yanxi (9), Yongkang (1).