釋氏稽古略 2.84

2.84

丁酉年（晉安帝隆安元年也）南燕慕容德。前燕主皝之少子也。據廣固（古汴日今青州）。戊戌歲稱元年。庚子年德更名備德。即皇帝位（武帝也）。年曰建平。乙巳年南燕主超太上元年己酉年（晉義熙五年也）。晉徐州刺史劉裕抗表伐南燕。明年正月燕尚書悅壽說超降。超不從。悅壽開門納晉師。超走追獲之送建康。南燕平。合十三年。

In the dingyou year (the first year of Long'an of Emperor An of Jin), Murong De of Southern Yan, the youngest son of the Former Yan ruler Huang, occupied Guanggu (ancient Bian, now Qingzhou). In the wuxu year, he proclaimed it his first year. In the gengzi year, De changed his name to Beide and ascended the imperial throne (Emperor Wu); his reign era was called Jianping. In the yisi year, the first year of Taishang of the Southern Yan ruler Chao. In the jiyou year (the fifth year of Yixi of Jin), Liu Yu, Inspector of Xuzhou of Jin, submitted a memorial to campaign against Southern Yan. In the first month of the following year, the Yan Minister of the Secretariat Yue Shou persuaded Chao to surrender, but Chao refused. Yue Shou opened the gates to admit the Jin army. Chao fled, but was pursued, captured, and sent to Jiankang. Southern Yan was pacified, having lasted thirteen years in total.