釋氏稽古略 2.80

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慕容垂。前燕主慕容皝第五子。在燕封吳王。聰敏智勇。威名日振。太傅慕容評與垂廷爭怨隙。太后與評密謀誅垂。東晉廢帝太和四年垂與子弟姪俱犇秦。秦主符堅大喜郊迎。以垂為冠軍將軍。封賓從侯。東晉武帝太元八年。秦主堅為晉敗歸至澠池。垂言於堅曰。北鄙之民聞王師不利。輕相扇動。臣請奉詔書以鎮慰安集之。垂至安陽（鄴郡古相州也）。潛與燕之故臣謀復燕祚。會丁零翟斌叛秦。次年正月斌等奉垂為盟主。乙酉年吳王垂始定都真定中山府（古定州也冀域）。即皇帝位。建元建興。是時拓跋魏叛燕侵逼附塞諸部。丙申晉太元二十一年也。三月燕主垂親伐魏。四月卒於上谷之沮陽。還至中山乃發喪。太子寶即位。曰閔帝。改元永康。戊戌年武帝慕容盛即位。年曰建平。次年改曰長樂。辛丑年昭帝熙光始元年。至是丁未年懿帝高雲。年曰正始。國亂為憑跋篡滅之。合二十四年。憑跋號北燕。

Murong Chui was the fifth son of Murong Huang, ruler of Former Yan. In Yan, he was enfeoffed as the Prince of Wu. He was astute, wise, and brave, and his formidable reputation grew by the day. Grand Tutor Murong Ping disputed with Chui at court, bearing a grudge against him. The Empress Dowager and Ping secretly plotted to execute Chui. In the fourth year of Taihe of the Deposed Emperor of Eastern Jin, Chui fled to Qin together with his sons, younger brothers, and nephews. The Qin ruler Fu Jian was overjoyed and went to the suburbs to welcome him, appointing Chui as Champion General and enfeoffing him as Marquis of Bincong. In the eighth year of Taiyuan of Emperor Wu of Eastern Jin, the Qin ruler Jian was defeated by the Jin and returned to Mianchi. Chui said to Jian, "The people of the northern frontiers have heard that the royal army has suffered a reverse and are easily stirred up. I request to bear an imperial edict to pacify and settle them." When Chui reached Anyang (the commandery of Ye, ancient Xiangzhou), he secretly plotted with the former ministers of Yan to restore the Yan lineage. It happened that Zhai Bin of the Dingling rebelled against Qin. In the first month of the following year, Bin and others acclaimed Chui as alliance leader. In the yiyou year, the Prince of Wu, Chui, first established his capital at Zhongshan Prefecture in Zhending (ancient Dingzhou, in the territory of Ji) and ascended the imperial throne, establishing the reign era Jianxing. At that time, Tuoba Wei rebelled against Yan and encroached upon various tribes allied along the borders. In the bingshen year, the twenty-first year of Taiyuan of Jin, in the third month, the Yan ruler Chui personally campaigned against Wei. In the fourth month, he died at Juyang in Shanggu. Only when his body was returned to Zhongshan was mourning proclaimed. Crown Prince Bao ascended the throne as Emperor Min and changed the reign era to Yongkang. In the wuxu year, Emperor Wu, Murong Sheng, ascended the throne; his reign era was called Jianping, and in the following year it was changed to Changle. In the xinchou year, the first year of the Xiguang era of Emperor Zhao. Coming to this dingwei year, Emperor Yi, Gao Yun, had the reign era called Zhengshi. The state fell into chaos and was usurped and destroyed by Feng Ba, lasting twenty-four years in total. Feng Ba called it Northern Yan.