法苑珠林 44.45

44.45

漢王如意。漢高帝第四子也。呂后生長子也。立為皇太子。而如意母戚夫人得寵於帝。帝數欲譖太子而立如意。群臣爭之。故遂封如意於趙。呂后以是嫉之。及高帝崩。呂后徵如意。到長安而拉殺之。又肢斷戚夫人手足。號為人彘。後呂后祓除於㶚上還。道中見物如蒼狗攫后腋。忽而不見。卜之云。趙王如意為祟。遂病腋傷而崩（右二驗出冤魂志）。

Ruyi, prince of Han, was the fourth son of Emperor Gao of Han. Empress Lü had borne the eldest son, who was established as Crown Prince, but Ruyi's mother, Consort Qi, found favour with the Emperor. The Emperor repeatedly wished to depose the Crown Prince and establish Ruyi. The ministers disputed it, and so Ruyi was enfeoffed in Zhao. Empress Lü envied him on account of this. When Emperor Gao passed away, Empress Lü summoned Ruyi; once he arrived in Chang'an, she had him seized and killed. She also severed Consort Qi's hands and feet, calling her the "human swine." Later, when Empress Lü was returning from performing the lustration ritual at Ba River, she saw on the road an object like a blue-grey dog snatching at her armpit; it suddenly vanished. Divination concerning it declared: "Prince Ruyi of Zhao is causing haunting." She thereupon fell ill from the armpit injury and died (the above two verifications are from the Yuanhun zhi).