釋氏稽古略 2.223

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正月東魏勃海獻武王高歡卒。世子澄嗣位。侯景與高氏有隙。叛歸西魏。西魏以景為太傅。景又遣丁和奉表歸梁。梁帝納景。以景為太將軍封河南王。太清二年（戊辰年也）二月。東魏大將軍高澄求通好於梁。由是侯景有疑乃反。梁帝以臨賀王正德為平北將軍。都督京師諸軍事屯丹陽郡。正德密以數十大艘濟景。正德守宣陽門。帥眾迎景至闕下。正德即皇帝位。改元正平大赦。太清三年（己巳年也）正月。京師城陷。侯景入見武帝。縱兵掠乘輿服御。更以臨賀王正德為侍中大司馬。五月丙辰梁武皇帝崩。壽八十六歲。侯景祕不發喪。殿外文武皆莫之知。辛巳始發喪。升梓宮太極殿。是日侯景迎太子綱即帝位。六月臨賀王正德怨侯景賣己。密書召鄱陽王範使以兵入。景遮得其書。縊殺正德。八月東魏勃海文襄王高澄為饍奴蘭京所弑。弟太原公高洋討賊殺之。十二月始興太守陳羈先結郡中豪傑討侯景。郡人侯安都張偲等各率眾千餘人歸之。遣使間道詣江陵。受湘東王繹節度（梁紀）。

In the first month, Gao Huan, King Xianwu of Bohai of the Eastern Wei, passed away. The heir-apparent Cheng succeeded to the position. Hou Jing had a rift with the Gao clan and rebelled, submitting to the Western Wei. The Western Wei appointed Jing as Grand Preceptor. Jing also dispatched Ding He to present a memorial submitting to the Liang. The Liang Emperor accepted Jing, appointed him Senior General, and enfeoffed him as King of Henan. In the second month of the second year of Taiqing (which was the wuchen year), Senior General Gao Cheng of the Eastern Wei sought to establish friendly relations with the Liang. Because of this, Hou Jing became suspicious and rebelled. The Liang Emperor appointed Zhengde, King of Linhe, as General Who Pacifies the North, Commander-in-chief of Military Affairs of the Capital, garrisoned at Danyang Commandery. Zhengde secretly provided dozens of large vessels to ferry Jing across. Zhengde guarded the Xuan-yang Gate and led the multitude to welcome Jing to the imperial palace. Zhengde ascended the imperial throne, changed the reign era to Zhengping, and proclaimed a great amnesty. In the first month of the third year of Taiqing (which was the jiyi year), the capital fell. Hou Jing entered and had an audience with Emperor Wu, letting his troops plunder the imperial carriages, clothing, and regalia. He reassigned Zhengde, King of Linhe, as Palace Attendant and Grand Minister of War. In the fifth month, on the bingchen day, Emperor Wu of the Liang passed away at the age of eighty-six. Hou Jing kept the mourning secret and did not proclaim it; none of the civil or military officials outside the palace knew of it. On the xinwei day, they finally proclaimed mourning and moved the catalpa coffin to the Taiji Hall. On that day, Hou Jing welcomed the Crown Prince Gang to ascend the imperial throne. In the sixth month, Zhengde, King of Linhe, resented Hou Jing for betraying him and wrote a secret letter summoning Fan, King of Poyang, to enter with troops. Jing intercepted his letter and strangled Zhengde to death. In the eighth month, Gao Cheng, King Wenxiang of Bohai of the Eastern Wei, was assassinated by the food slave Lan Jing. His younger brother, Gao Yang, Duke of Taiyuan, launched a punitive strike against the rebel and killed him. In the twelfth month, Chen Baxian, Grand Administrator of Shixing, first formed ties with heroes in the commandery to punish Hou Jing. Hou Andu, Zhang Si, and others of the commandery each led over a thousand men to submit to him. He dispatched messengers via circuitous paths to Jiangling to accept the directives of Yi, King of Xiangdong (from the Annals of Liang).