釋氏稽古略 2.45

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Murong Hui (pronounced hu-hui) was a Xianbei from Changli. For generations his line had received Jin titles. In the second year of the Daxing era under Emperor Yuan of Eastern Jin, Hui, as Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Barbarians, set up staff officers. In the eighth year of the Xianhe era under Emperor Cheng of Jin, Murong Huang (pronounced hu-guang) took the throne, and by the dingyou year Huang styled himself King. Huang was deeply fond of classical letters; he personally visited schools to lecture and conduct examinations. In the eleventh month of the fourth year of the Yonghe era under Emperor Mu of Jin, Huang died. The heir apparent Jun ascended the throne and sent envoys to Jiankang to report the bereavement. The Jin emperor issued an edict dispatching the ceremonial usher Chen Guang to invest Jun as King of Yan. Jun made the wushen year his first year. In the renzi year, Jun extinguished the Shi clan's Zhao. In the eleventh month, Jun ascended the imperial throne and proclaimed the first year of Yuanxi. In the dingsi year, Jun moved the capital to Ye (ancient Xiang Prefecture of Ji territory, in Zhangde Circuit), which was Shi Hu's capital, and changed the reign era to Guangshou. In the first month of the gengshen year, Emperor Zhaodi, Jun, died. Murong Ke, the Grand Marshal, received the testament edict to assist Crown Prince Wei in ascending the throne, changing the reign era to Jianxi; this was Emperor You. In the tenth year of Jianxi, jisi, Murong Ping, Grand Tutor of Yan and King of Shangrong, grew jealous of the prestige and fame of Murong Chui, King of Wu; moreover, he had quarreled with Ping in open court, creating grudges. Empress Dowager Kezuhun and Ping secretly conspired to execute Chui; Chui fled to Qin with his sons, younger brothers, and nephews. Fu Jian, King of Qin, was overjoyed and went to the suburbs to welcome them; he appointed Chui as General of the Champion Army and enfeoffed him as Marquis Bincong. Earlier, when Jin attacked Yan, Yan sought rescue from Qin, promising to cede the territory west of Hulao as a gift to Qin. After the Jin troops retreated, the Yan people regretted it. Sovereign Jian of Qin was furious and led troops to attack Yan, advancing to attack Luoyang in the twelfth month. In the first month of the eleventh year of Jianxi, King of Wuwei Zhu, the inspector of Jing Prefecture for Yan, surrendered Luoyang to Qin. In the sixth month, Qin attacked Yan again; Yan was defeated. In the eleventh month, Sovereign Jian of Qin entered Ye, and the Yan ruler Wei came out to surrender. In the twelfth month, Sovereign Jian of Qin relocated Murong Wei, along with the Yan empresses, consorts, kings, lords, and hundred civil officials, to Chang'an, enfeoffing Wei as Marquis of Xinxing; the rest were enfeoffed and appointed with various distinctions. From its rise under Hui in the second year of Tai'an under Emperor Hui of Jin, the guihai year, to its end in the fifth year of Taihe under the Deposed Emperor of Eastern Jin, the gengwu year, Yan comprised four rulers over sixty-eight years in total.