釋氏稽古略 3.319

3.319

庚申光化三年初。崔胤與上密謀盡誅宦官。流樞密使宋道弼景務修等皆賜自盡。宦官益懼。中尉劉季述王仲先樞密使王彥範薛齊偓等陰謀廢立。帝獵苑中夜歸。季述扶帝與后同輦。嬪御侍者纔十餘人。適少陽院鎖其門。季述矯詔令太子裕監國尋使即皇帝位。以帝為太上皇。季述遣其養子希度詣朱全忠許以唐社稷輸之。天平節度副使李振勸全忠誅季述。全忠乃囚希度遣振如京師。崔胤密遣人說神策指揮。使孫德昭誅季述等。時十二月也。

In the gengshen year, the third year of Guanghua (900), initially Cui Yin secretly plotted with the Sovereign to completely execute the eunuchs. Song Daobi and Jing Wuxiu, the Directors of the Bureau of Military Affairs, were banished and all granted suicide. The eunuchs grew increasingly terrified. Commandants Liu Jishu and Wang Zhongxian, together with Directors of the Bureau of Military Affairs Wang Yanfan and Xue Qiwu, secretly plotted deposition and enthronement. The Emperor was hunting in the imperial park and returned at night. Jishu supported the Emperor to share a carriage with the Empress, with barely over ten palace maids and attendants. They arrived at the Shaoyang Compound, whose gates were locked. Jishu forged an edict ordering Crown Prince Yu to supervise state affairs, and soon after had him ascend the imperial throne, designating the Emperor as Retired Emperor. Jishu sent his adopted son Xidu to Zhu Quanzhong, promising to deliver the Tang altars of soil and grain to him. Li Zhen, Vice Military Commissioner of Tianping, urged Quanzhong to execute Jishu. Quanzhong thereupon imprisoned Xidu and dispatched Zhen to the capital. Cui Yin secretly sent someone to persuade Sun Dezhong, Commander of the Shence Army, to execute Jishu and the others. This was in the twelfth month.