釋氏稽古略 4.178

4.178

八月。契丹主崩。在位二十五年。壽四十一歲。諡曰文成皇帝。廟號興宗。子洪基立。改重熙二十三年為清寧元年。

In the eighth month, the Khitan ruler passed away. He had been on the throne for twenty-five years and was forty-one years old. He was given the posthumous title Emperor Wencheng and the temple name Xingzong. His son Hongji ascended the throne, changing the twenty-third year of Chongxi to the first year of Qingning.