釋氏稽古略 1.503

1.503

You. He reigned for nineteen years. The Empress Dowager presided over the court. In the third month of the first year of Jianguang, Empress Dowager Deng passed away. All members of the Deng clan were dismissed from office and returned to their native lands, and Zhi committed suicide. The Emperor began to attend personally to state affairs. Eunuchs such as Jiang Jing and Fan Feng, together with the wet nurse Wang Sheng and Empress Yan, fabricated falsehoods and slandered the crown prince. In the ninth month, Crown Prince Bao was deposed as King of Jiyin. In the third month of the fourth year of Yanguang, the Emperor passed away at the age of thirty-two. Reign eras: Yongchu (7), Yuanchu (6), Yongning (1), Jianguang (1), Yanguang (4).