釋氏稽古略 3.507

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周帝不豫。正月加晉王榮兼侍中判內外兵馬事。帝屢誡晉王曰。昔吾西征見唐十八陵。無不發掘者。此無他惟多藏金玉故也。我死亡衣以紙衣。斂以瓦棺。速營葬勿久留宮中。勿置守陵官人。勿作石羊虎人馬。惟刻石置陵前云周天子平生好儉約遺令用紙衣瓦棺。嗣天子不敢違也。壬辰宣制畢。是日帝殂。丙申晉王榮即皇帝位。

The Emperor of the Zhou was unwell. In the first month, Prince Rong of Jin was concurrently made Palace Attendant and Director of Military and Cavalry Affairs inside and outside the capital. The Emperor repeatedly admonished Prince Rong, saying: 'Formerly when I campaigned in the west, I saw the eighteen mausoleums of the Tang, and not one had escaped excavation. This was for no other reason than the abundance of gold and jade buried within. When I die, dress me in paper clothes and shroud me in an earthenware coffin. Conduct the burial swiftly, and do not keep me long in the palace. Do not station tomb guards, and do not make stone rams, tigers, men, or horses. Simply carve a stone and place it before the tomb, saying: "The Zhou Son of Heaven loved frugality throughout his life and left orders to use paper clothes and an earthenware coffin; the succeeding Son of Heaven dared not disobey." ' On the renchen day, the proclamation of the edict was completed, and on that day the Emperor passed away. On the bingshen day, Prince Rong of Jin ascended the imperial throne.