釋氏稽古略 2.29

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石勒上黨人（今晉寧路潞州郡名上黨冀域）初與八騎歸漢劉氏。西晉懷帝永嘉四年。漢主劉聰即皇帝位。以勒為并州刺史（并州太原也。今曰冀寧路冀州之域）勒殺漢將王彌。聰大怒然猶加勒鎮東大將軍。東晉元帝大興元年漢主聰卒。丞相劉曜即皇帝位。進勒爵為趙王。大興二年勒據燕薊號襄國稱元年。晉成帝咸知三年勒年曰太和。趙主劉曜圍守洛陽。十一月勒救洛陽。曜為勒將石堪所執。輿至襄國殺之。晉咸和五年。勒稱大趙天王。行皇帝事。九月即皇帝位。改元建平。建平二年四月勒如鄴將營新營。建平四年七月勒卒。太子弘即位。是為海陽王。改元延熙。夜以勒喪潛瘞山谷莫知其處。備儀衛虛葬於高平陵。諡曰明帝。廟號高祖。八月趙主弘以中山王虎丞相魏王加九錫。總攝百揆。為弘在位一年。明年九月趙魏王虎立。改元建武。都于鄴。至是晉帝永和五年正月趙主虎改元太寧。既而病卒。太子世（虎之少子也）即位。彭城王遵（虎之長子也）廢世為譙王尋殺之。遵即位。以義陽王鑒為侍中。武興公閔都督中外諸軍事。初趙主遵許以武興公閔為太子。十月遵立太子衍閔益恨望。十一月閔帥甲士。執遵於南臺殺之。立義陽王鑒。以閔為大將軍。封武德王。晉永和六年正月武德王冉閔即皇帝位。改元永興。國號大魏。後趙始東晉元帝大興二年己卯。終穆帝永和七年辛亥。六主合三十三年（石勒載記）。

Shi Le was a native of Shangdang (now Shangdang Commandery in Lu Prefecture of Jinning Circuit, in the territory of Ji Prefecture). Initially, with eight horsemen, he submitted to the Han of the Liu clan. In the fourth year of the Yongjia era under Emperor Huai of Western Jin, the Han sovereign Liu Cong ascended the imperial throne and appointed Shi Le as the inspector of Bing Prefecture (Bing Prefecture is Taiyuan; now called Jining Circuit, in the territory of Ji Prefecture). Le killed the Han general Wang Mi; Cong was furious, yet still appointed Le as General-in-Chief Pacifying the East. In the first year of the Daxing era under Emperor Yuan of Eastern Jin, the Han sovereign Cong died. The Chancellor Liu Yao ascended the imperial throne and advanced Le's noble title to King of Zhao. In the second year of Daxing, Le occupied Yan and Ji, claimed Xiangguo, and inaugurated his first year. In the third year of the Xianhe era under Emperor Cheng of Jin, Le styled his era Taihe. The ruler of Zhao, Liu Yao, besieged and guarded Luoyang. In the eleventh month, Le went to relieve Luoyang; Yao was captured by Le's general Shi Kan, carried in a cart to Xiangguo, and executed. In the fifth year of the Xianhe era of Jin, Le declared himself Heavenly King of the Great Zhao, acting as emperor. In the ninth month, he ascended the imperial throne and changed the reign era to Jianping. In the fourth month of the second year of Jianping, Le went to Ye to build a new camp. In the seventh month of the fourth year of Jianping, Le died. The crown prince Shi Hong ascended the throne; this was King Haiyang, who changed the reign era to Yanxi. At night, Le's remains were secretly buried in a mountain valley so that no one knew the place, while an empty burial with full ceremonial guards was held at Gaoping Mausoleum. He was given the posthumous title Emperor Ming and the temple name Gaozu. In the eighth month, the Zhao ruler Hong granted King of Zhongshan Shi Hu the chancellor's post, the title King of Wei, and the Nine Bestowals, placing him in overall charge of all government affairs. Hong reigned for one year. In the ninth month of the following year, Shi Hu, King of Wei of Zhao, took the throne, changed the reign era to Jianwu, and established his capital at Ye. Coming to the fifth year of the Yonghe era of the Jin emperor, in the first month the Zhao sovereign Hu changed the reign era to Taining; soon afterward he died of illness. The crown prince Shi Shi (Hu's youngest son) ascended the throne. Shi Zun, King of Pengcheng (Hu's eldest son), deposed Shi to King of Qiao and shortly thereafter murdered him. Zun took the throne; he appointed Shi Jian, King of Yiyang, as palace attendant, and Shi Min, Duke of Wuxing, as commander-in-chief of all military affairs within and outside the capital. Earlier, the Zhao sovereign Zun had promised to make Shi Min, Duke of Wuxing, his crown prince. In the tenth month, Zun established his crown prince Yan; Min harbored all the more resentment and grievance. In the eleventh month, Min led armored warriors, seized Zun at the Southern Terrace, and killed him. He enthroned Shi Jian, King of Yiyang, appointed himself General-in-Chief, and was enfeoffed as King of Wude. In the first month of the sixth year of the Yonghe era of Jin, Ran Min, King of Wude, ascended the imperial throne, changed the reign era to Yongxing, and named the state Great Wei. The Later Zhao began in the second year of Daxing under Emperor Yuan of Eastern Jin, the yimao year, and ended in the seventh year of Yonghe under Emperor Mu, the xinhai year, spanning six rulers and thirty-three years in total (Records of Shi Le).