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梁三月侯景逼帝傳位豫章王棟。改元天正。廢帝為晉安王。九月弑之（年四十九）。棟加侯景備九錫。漢國置丞相以下官。棟禪位于景。景即皇帝位于南郊。還登太極殿。改年曰太始（梁紀）。壬申年正月。梁湘東王繹命王僧辯等東擊侯景。二月諸軍發潯陽。陳霸先帥甲騎十萬舟艦二千自南江出湓口。會僧辯於白茅灣。築壇歃血為盟。景遣侯子鑒以兵拒西師。合戰中江。子鑒大敗。僅以身免。收散卒走還建康。景大懼涕下覆面。僧辯督諸軍乘潮入淮。進軍招提寺北。侯景帥眾陳於西州之西。陳霸先王琳杜龕等以鐵騎乘之。僧辯以大兵繼進。景兵大潰。與百餘騎東走。僧辯等迎簡文梓宮升朝堂。帥百官哭踊如禮。命侯瑱（吐甸反）等追景及於松江。瑱進擊敗之。景單舸走。為其小妻兄羊鵾所殺。以鹽納景腹中。送尸建康。僧辯傳首江陵梟之於市三日。煮而漆之。乃以付武庫。十一月帝即位（梁紀）。

In the third month in the Liang, Hou Jing forced the Emperor to yield the throne to Dong, King of Yuzhang, changed the reign era to Tianzheng, and demoted the Emperor to King of Jin'an. In the ninth month, he assassinated him (aged forty-nine). Dong granted Hou Jing the full Nine Bestowals; the Han state established offices from Chancellor on down. Dong abdicated the throne to Jing; Jing ascended the imperial throne at the southern suburb, returned, ascended the Taiji Hall, and changed the reign era to Taishi (from the Annals of Liang). In the first month of the renshen year, Yi, King of Xiangdong of the Liang, ordered Wang Sengbian and others to strike eastward against Hou Jing. In the second month, the various armies departed from Xunyang. Chen Baxian led one hundred thousand armored cavalry and two thousand warships from the Southern River out to Penkou, meeting Sengbian at Baimaowan, where they built an altar and smeared their mouths with blood to seal an alliance. Jing dispatched Hou Zijian with troops to resist the western army. They engaged in battle in the middle of the river; Zijian was utterly defeated, barely escaping with his life, and collected the scattered soldiers to flee back to Jiankang. Jing was terrified and covered his face with tears. Sengbian directed the armies to ride the tide into the Huai River, advancing to the north of Zhaoti Monastery. Hou Jing led his multitude to deploy west of Xizhou. Chen Baxian, Wang Lin, Du Kan, and others charged them with iron cavalry, while Sengbian advanced successively with the main army. Jing's troops collapsed completely; he fled eastward with over a hundred cavalry. Sengbian and the others welcomed Jianwen's catalpa coffin up to the court hall, leading the hundred officials to wail and stamp their feet in accordance with ritual. He ordered Hou Tian (pronounced tu-dian) and others to pursue Jing to the Song River. Tian attacked and defeated him. Jing fled in a solitary boat and was killed by Yang Kun, the elder brother of his concubine. Putting salt into Jing's belly, they sent his corpse to Jiankang. Sengbian transmitted his head to Jiangling to be exposed on a pole in the marketplace for three days, then boiled and lacquered it, and delivered it to the armory. In the eleventh month, the Emperor ascended the throne (from the Annals of Liang).