法苑珠林 70.64

70.64

In the second year of the Guanghe era of the Han dynasty, a woman outside the Upper West Gate of Luoyang gave birth to a child with two heads on separate shoulders, four arms sharing a single chest, and faces turning toward each other. From this time onward, the imperial court fell into darkness and chaos, and government power rested in private houses—an image of two heads. Later, Dong Zhuo murdered the Empress Dowager under the pretext of unfilial conduct and deposed the Son of Heaven. Since the Zhou and the early Han, there had been no calamity greater than this.