釋氏稽古略 4.374

4.374

諱擴。光宗長子。封嘉王。即帝位。臨下以簡。御眾以寬。省刑薄賦。罷歲貢寬民力。留心帝王之業。服澣濯之衣。二十七歲受禪。在位三十年。壽五十七歲（帝紀）　慶元（六）嘉泰（四）開禧（三）嘉定（十七）。

His taboo name was Kuo. He was the eldest son of Emperor Guangzong and had been enfieffed as the Prince of Jia. Ascending the imperial throne, he governed his subordinates with simplicity and managed the multitude with leniency, reducing punishments and lightening taxes, abolishing annual tributes to ease the people's burden, focusing his mind on imperial enterprises, and wearing washed clothing. At twenty-seven years of age he received the abdication, and remained on the throne for thirty years, dying at the age of fifty-seven (from the Imperial Annals). Reign eras: Qingyuan (six years), Jiatai (four years), Kaixi (three years), Jiading (seventeen years).