釋氏稽古略 2.231

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三月益州刺史武陵王紀在蜀。十七年聞侯景陷臺城。湘東王繹討之。謂僚佐曰。七官文士豈能匡濟。適紀內寢柏殿柱繞節生華。以為獲瑞。四月即皇帝位。改元天正。以子圓照為皇太子。承聖二年三月。元帝聞紀來。以書請魏伐蜀。紀聞有魏兵。遣前梁州刺史譙淹還軍救蜀。七月紀自峽口不獲退。復順流東下。梁遊擊將軍樊猛追擊斬紀。及其幼子圓滿圓照圓正下廷尉獄死。八月圓肅以成都降魏（梁紀）。

In the third month, Xiao Ji, King of Wuling and Regional Inspector of Yizhou, was in Shu. In the seventeenth year, having heard that Hou Jing had captured the palace city, and that Xiao Yi, King of Xiangdong, was punishing him, he said to his aides and advisors, "How could a mere seventh-ranked clerk and man of letters save the state?" Just then, flowers blossomed around the knots of the cypress pillars in Xiao Ji's bedchamber, which he took to be an auspicious omen. In the fourth month, he assumed the imperial throne, changing the reign era to Tianzheng and appointing his son Yuanzhao as crown prince. In the third month of the second year of Chengsheng, Emperor Yuan, hearing that Xiao Ji was coming, sent a letter requesting Western Wei to attack Shu. Xiao Ji, hearing that there were Western Wei troops, dispatched the former Regional Inspector of Liangzhou, Qiao Yan, to return with his army and relieve Shu. In the seventh month, unable to retreat from the Gorge Mouth, Xiao Ji again sailed downstream toward the east. The Liang guerrilla general Fan Meng pursued and decapitated Xiao Ji. Xiao Ji's young sons—Yuanman, Yuanzhao, and Yuanzheng—were consigned to the prison of the chamberlain for law enforcement and died there. In the eighth month, Yuansu surrendered Chengdu to Western Wei. (Liang Chronicles)