釋氏稽古略 4.39

4.39

Personal name Jiong; younger uterine brother of Taizu. Enfeoffed as the Prince of Jin. In the ninth year of Kaibao, Taizu died and the Emperor ascended the throne at age thirty-eight. He curtailed military affairs and cultivated civil governance, changing the Jiangwu Hall to the Chongzheng Hall. He selected the worthy and good, and carefully chose prefects, saying that prefects are closest to the people, and if they are not the right men, the people suffer calamity. He sought candid advice and accepted admonition, and customs became pure and honest. He reigned for twenty-one years and died at age fifty-nine. He died on the seventeenth day of the tenth month. Designated as the Qianming Festival. Taiping Xingguo (8), Yongxi (4), Duanhong (2), Chunhua (5), Zhidao (3).