釋氏稽古略 4.342

4.342

His taboo name was Shen. He was enfeoffed as King of Jian and established as Crown Prince. At the age of thirty-six, he received the internal abdication and ascended the imperial throne. He made the twenty-second day of the tenth month the Festival of Huiqing. He was determined to recover the sacred realm [of China]. Meeting with ministers who advised him to cultivate domestic governance, he thereupon spread civil virtue, sought out the people's afflictions, encouraged agriculture and sericulture, repaired water control works, made rewards and punishments clear, and was frugal with titles and utensils. Every five days he had an audience with the Retired Emperor, going to the utmost in filial service to the two palaces. He reigned for twenty-seven years, abdicated the throne to the Crown Prince, styled himself Retired Emperor, and lived to the age of sixty-eight.