釋氏稽古略 1.438

1.438

Personal name Heng. Third son of Gaozu. Enfeoffed as King of Dai. After Chen Ping and Zhou Bo executed the various Lüs, they sent envoys to welcome the King to Chang'an, where he ascended the imperial throne for sixteen years, and another seven years in the Later Era; on the throne for twenty-three years in total, dying at the age of forty-six. The Emperor abolished corporal punishments and devoted himself to leniency and generosity. He wore robes of coarse black silk, and his bed curtains were without embroidery. The construction of Baling (his burial place) used only earthenware, and it was forbidden to decorate it with gold, silver, bronze, or iron; he made use of the mountain without raising a mound. The Emperor devoted himself exclusively to transforming the people with virtue; within the seas, wealth was abundant. Judicial sentences throughout the realm numbered only in the hundreds, almost reaching the point of setting punishments aside.