釋氏稽古略 3.253

3.253

忱。憲宗第十三子。封光王。為人嚴重寡言。宮中咸以為不慧。武宗不豫。中尉馬元贄立之為皇太叔即帝位。在位十三年。壽五十歲。復佛之教。以右常侍李景讓為浙西觀察使。初景讓母鄭氏性嚴明。早寡家貧居洛陽。諸子皆幼。母自教之。一日宅後古牆因雨潰。陷得錢盈船。奴婢喜走告母。母往焚香祝之曰。吾聞無勞而獲身之災也。天必以先君餘慶矜其貧而賜之。則願諸孤他日學問有成乃其志也。此錢不敢取。遽命掩而築之。三子景讓景溫景莊皆舉進士及第。景讓宦達髮已班白小有過。不免母之捶楚也（唐書李景讓傳）　太中（十三）。

His name was Chen. He was the thirteenth son of Xianzong and was enfiefed as Prince of Guang. In character he was solemn and of few words; those in the palace all considered him unintelligent. When Wuzong was indisposed, the Palace Commissioner Ma Yuanzhi set him up as Imperial Grand Uncle to ascend the imperial throne. He reigned for thirteen years and lived to fifty years of age. He restored the teachings of the Buddha. He appointed the Right Grand Master of Remonstrance, Li Jingrang, as Surveillance Commissioner of Zhexi. Earlier, Jingrang's mother, Lady Zheng, was strict and upright by nature. Widowed early, poor in family, she resided in Luoyang. Her sons were all young, and their mother taught them herself. One day, an old wall behind the house collapsed due to rain, revealing an excavation full of money that filled a boat. The servants joyfully ran to inform their mother. The mother went, burned incense, and prayed over it, saying: "I have heard that gaining without labor brings disaster to the person. If Heaven, by the remaining blessings of my late husband, pities our poverty and bestows it, my wish is only that the fatherless children one day achieve success in their studies—that is their true purpose. I dare not take this money." She immediately ordered it covered and walled up again. Her three sons, Jingrang, Jingwen, and Jingzhuang, all passed the jinshi examination. When Jingrang had achieved high official rank and his hair was already greying, if he made a small fault, he could not escape his mother's cane (The Book of Tang, "Biography of Li Jingrang"). Reign era: Dazhong (thirteen [years]).