釋氏稽古略 1.592

1.592

His personal name was Zhong, and his courtesy name was Zhengdu. He was the second son of Emperor Wu. In the second year of Taishi, he was installed as the crown prince. He was naturally dull-witted and naive; his mother, Empress Yang, protected him. Emperor Wu also could not bear to depose him because his grandson Yu was intelligent. When Emperor Wu died, the crown prince ascended the throne. He honoured Empress Yang as Empress Dowager and installed his consort, Lady Jia, as empress. In the eighth month, he installed Yu, the Prince of Guangling, as the crown prince. [His reign lasted] until the bingyin year, the first year of Guangxi. In the eleventh month, the emperor died from poisoned cakes. He reigned for seventeen years and lived to the age of forty-eight. The emperor founded Xingsheng Monastery in Luoyang, regularly making offerings to a thousand monks (Hongming ji). [His reign eras were:] Yongxi (one [year]), Yuankang (nine [years]), Yongkang (one [year]), Yongning (one [year]), Da'an (two [years]), Yongxing (two [years]), and Guangxi (one [year]).