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少帝，名重貴，高祖之從子也。 考諱敬儒，母安氏，以唐天祐十一年六月二十七日生帝於太原汾陽裏。 敬儒嘗為後唐莊宗騎將，早薨，高祖以帝為子。 帝少而謹厚，高祖愛之。 洎歷方鎮，嘗遣從行，委以庶事，但性好馳射，有祖禰之風。 高祖鎮太原，命瑯琊王震以《禮記》教帝，不能領其大義，謂震曰：「非我家事業也。」 及高祖受圍於太原，親冒矢石，數獻可於左右，高祖愈重焉。 高祖受契丹冊，將入洛，欲留一子撫晉陽，先謀於戎王，戎王曰：「使諸子盡出，吾當擇之。」 乃於行中指帝謂高祖曰：「此眼大者可矣。」 遂以帝為北京留守，授金紫光祿大夫、檢校司徒，行太原尹，知河東管內節度觀察事。 天福二年九月，征赴闕，授光祿大夫、檢校太保、右金吾衛上將軍。 三年十二月，授開封尹，加檢校太傅，封鄭王，增食邑三千戶。 俄加檢校太尉、同中書門下平章事。 六年，高祖幸鄴，改廣晉尹，進封齊王。 〈（以下疑脫「七年正月，加兼侍中」八字。）〉
Emperor Shao, whose personal name was Chonggui, was a paternal nephew of Gaozu. His father's posthumous name was Jingru, and his mother was Lady An. He was born on the twenty-seventh day of the sixth month of Tianyou 11 (914) at Fenyang Lane in Taiyuan. Jingru had once served as a cavalry general under Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang and died young, whereupon Gaozu adopted the boy as his son. From youth he was careful and honest, and Gaozu doted on him. When Gaozu later held various military commands, he often had the boy travel with him and entrusted him with routine affairs, but the youth loved horsemanship and archery and bore something of his forefathers' martial spirit. While Gaozu was stationed at Taiyuan, he had Wang Zhen, Prince of Langya, instruct him in the Book of Rites, but he could not grasp its larger meaning and told Zhen, "This is not the calling of our house. When Gaozu was besieged at Taiyuan, he personally braved arrows and stones, repeatedly offering sound advice at Gaozu's side, and Gaozu came to esteem him even more highly. After Gaozu accepted enthronement from the Khitan and was preparing to enter Luoyang, he wished to leave one son to govern Jinyang and first sought the Prince of Rong's counsel. The Prince of Rong said, "Send all your sons out; I shall choose among them. He then pointed the Emperor out among those present and told Gaozu, "This one with the large eyes will do." He was accordingly made regent of the Northern Capital and granted the posts of Grand Master of the Gold Seal and Purple Ribbon and Honorary Minister of Education, with acting appointment as governor of Taiyuan and charge of the Hedong military governorship and inspection circuit. In the ninth month of Tianfu 2 (937), he was summoned to court and granted the titles of Grand Master for Splendid Happiness, Honorary Grand Tutor, and Senior General of the Right Golden Bear Guard. In the twelfth month of Tianfu 3, he was appointed governor of Kaifeng, further granted Honorary Grand Preceptor, enfeoffed as Prince of Zheng, and given an additional fief of three thousand households. Before long he was further granted Honorary Grand Commander and made joint director of the Secretariat-Chancellery with concurrent status as Grand Councilor. In Tianfu 6, when Gaozu visited Ye, his title was changed to governor of Guangjin and he was promoted to Prince of Qi. (The text below is suspected of omitting eight characters: "In the first month of Tianfu 7, he was additionally made concurrent Palace Attendant.")〉
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是歲六月十三日乙丑，高祖崩，承遺制命柩前即皇帝位。 帝在并州未著人望，及保釐浚郊，大有寬裕之稱。 從幸鄴都，是歲遇旱，高祖遣祈雨於白龍潭，有白龍見於潭心，是夜澍雨尺餘，人皆異之，至是果登大位焉。 丁卯，賜侍衛諸軍將校錢一百貫下至五貫，以初即位示賫也。 戊辰，宰臣馮道等率百僚請聽政，凡三上表，允之。 庚午，始聽政於崇德殿門偏廊，分命廷臣以嗣位奏告天地宗廟社稷。 遣右驍衛將軍石德超等押先皇御馬二匹，往相州西山撲祭，用北俗禮也。 丙子，以司徒、兼侍中馮道為大行皇帝山陵使，門下侍郎竇貞固副之，太常卿崔棁為禮儀使，戶部侍郎呂琦為鹵簿使，御史中丞王易簡為儀仗使。 〈（徐無黨《五代史記註》云：舊史實錄無橋道頓遞使，疑不置或闕書，漢高祖亦然。）〉 己卯，遣判四方館事朱崇節、右金吾大將軍梁言持國信物使於契丹。 是時，河南、河北、關西並奏蝗害稼。
On the thirteenth day of the sixth month of that year, the day yichou, Gaozu died; by his dying edict the new emperor took the throne before the coffin. He had not yet won wide esteem while at Bingzhou, but once he took charge of governance and performed the suburban rites, he won a reputation for generous rule. When he accompanied Gaozu to the capital at Ye, drought struck that year. Gaozu sent men to pray for rain at White Dragon Pool; a white dragon appeared in the heart of the pool, and that night more than a foot of rain fell. People took it for a marvel, and now he had indeed ascended the throne. On dingmao, officers of the palace guard armies were granted sums from one hundred strings of cash down to five strings, as gifts to mark his accession. On wuchen, Chief Councilor Feng Dao and the other officials petitioned three times that he begin governing, and permission was granted. On gengwu, he first began to govern from the side corridor of the Gate of the Hall of Honored Virtue and dispatched court ministers to announce his succession at the altars of Heaven and Earth, the ancestral temple, and the altars of soil and grain. He sent Right Brave Guard General Shi Dechao and others to escort two of the late emperor's imperial horses to the western hills of Xiang Prefecture for the puji sacrifice, following northern custom. On bingzi, Minister of Education and concurrent Palace Attendant Feng Dao was appointed commissioner for the late emperor's mausoleum, with Vice Director of the Chancellery Dou Zhengu as deputy; Director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices Cui Rong was made ritual commissioner; Vice Minister of Revenue Lü Qi was made procession commissioner; and Vice Censor-in-Chief Wang Yijian was made ceremonial guard commissioner. (Xu Wudang's Commentary on the Historical Records of the Five Dynasties notes that the Old History and the Veritable Records make no mention of a commissioner for bridges, roads, and relay stations; the office may never have been established, or the entry may be missing. The same holds for Han Gaozu.)〉 On jimao, he sent Zhu Chongjie, overseer of the Office for Receiving Envoys from the Four Directions, and Senior General of the Right Golden Bear Guard Liang Yan as envoys bearing state gifts to the Khitan. At this time, reports came in from Henan, Hebei, and Guanxi that locusts were ravaging the crops.
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秋七月癸未朔，百官素服臨於天清殿。 戊子，詔應宮殿、州縣及官名、府號、人姓名，與先帝諱同音者改之。 改西京明堂殿為宣德殿，中書政事堂為政事廳，堂後官房頭為錄事，余為主事。 〈（《東都事略·陶穀傳》：穀本姓唐，避晉祖諱改姓陶，蓋當時避諱之體如此。）〉 己丑，大行皇帝大祥，帝釋缞服，百官衣縿。 辛卯，帝除禫服，百官吉服。 壬辰，太皇太后劉氏崩，高祖之庶母也。 遺詔服紀園陵毋用後禮，皇帝不得廢軍國機務。 既而禮官奏：「準令式，為祖父母齊缞周； 又準喪葬令，皇帝本服周者，三哭而止。 請準後唐同光三年，皇太妃北京薨，莊宗於洛京西內發哀素服，不視事三日。」 從之。 仍遣國子祭酒兼戶部侍郎田敏奏告高祖靈座。 癸巳，右諫議大夫鄭受益、中書舍人楊昭儉並停見任，以請假在外，不赴國喪故也。 丁酉，宰臣馮道等率文武百僚詣崇德殿門拜表，請禦正殿，凡三上表，允之。 安州奏，水平地深七尺。 庚子，帝御正殿，宣制：「大赦天下，諸道州府各色罪犯，除十惡五逆、殺人強盜、官典犯贓、合作毒藥、屠牛鑄錢外，其餘罪犯，咸赦除之。 襄州安從進如能果決輸誠，並從釋放。 其中外臣僚將校，並與加恩。 天下有蟲蝗處，並與除放租稅。」 辛丑，恒州順國軍節度使杜威、河東節度使劉知遠，並加檢校太師，仍增爵邑。 青州平盧軍節度使楊光遠加守太師。 癸卯，鄆州天平軍節度使兼侍衛馬步都虞候景延廣加特進、同中書門下平章事，充侍衛親軍都指揮使。 滑州義成軍節度使兼侍衛馬軍都指揮使李守貞，相州彰德軍節度使、侍衛步軍都指揮使郭謹，並加檢校太傅，仍增爵邑。 宰臣馮道等上表，請依舊置樞密使，略曰：「竊以樞密使創自前朝，置諸近侍，其來已久，所便尤多。 頃歲樞密使劉處讓偶屬家艱，爰拘喪制，既從罷免，暫議改更，不曾顯降敕文，永停使額。 所願各歸職分，豈敢茍避繁難。 伏請依舊置樞密使。」 初，高祖事後唐明宗，睹樞密使安重誨秉政擅權，賞罰由己，常惡之，及登極，故斷意廢罷，一委中書。 至是馮道等厭其事繁，故復請置之，庶分其權。 表凡三上，不允。 乙巳，徐州節度使李從溫、宋州節度使安彥威並加兼中書令，西都留守、充襄州行營都部署高行周加兼侍中，鳳翔節度使李從嚴加守太保。 遣中使就中書賜宰臣馮道生辰器幣，道以幼屬亂離，早喪父母，不記生日，堅辭不受。 丙午，以給事中羅周嶽為左散騎常侍，以右諫議大夫符蒙為給事中，以秘書少監兼廣晉少尹邊蔚為右散騎常侍，以廣晉少尹張煦為右諫議大夫，以廣晉府判官、光祿少卿邊光範為右諫議大夫。 丁未，荊南節度使、南平王高從誨加兼尚書令，湖南節度使、楚王馬希範加守太傅。 自是藩侯郡守，皆第加官封，示溥恩也。 是月，州郡十七蝗。
On the first day of the seventh month, guiwei, all officials in plain mourning dress attended at the Hall of Heavenly Clarity. On wuzi, an edict ordered that palace halls, prefectures and counties, official titles, government offices, and personal names that shared the sound of the late emperor's taboo name were to be changed. The Hall of Bright Virtue in the Western Capital was renamed the Hall of Proclaimed Virtue; the Secretariat's Hall of Governance became the Governance Office; the chief clerks in the rear offices were renamed recorders, and the rest were renamed section chiefs. (The Biography of Tao Gu in Outline History of the Eastern Capital records that Gu's original surname was Tang and that he changed it to Tao to avoid the taboo of the Jin founder. Such was the practice of taboo avoidance at the time.)〉 On jichou, the day of the great mourning rites for the late emperor, the Emperor removed his coarse hemp mourning garments and the officials wore fine hemp mourning dress. On xinmao, the Emperor ended his mourning and the officials resumed formal dress. On renchen, Grand Empress Dowager Liu died; she was Gaozu's stepmother. Her dying edict stipulated that mourning and the imperial tomb were not to follow the rites due an empress dowager, and that the emperor was not to neglect state and military affairs. The ritual officials then memorialized: "According to statute, mourning for grandparents requires the five-part hemp garment worn for one year; and according to the mourning and burial statutes, when the emperor's proper mourning period is one year, he should stop after three sessions of wailing. We ask that the precedent of Later Tang Tongguang 3 be followed, when the Imperial Consort died at the Northern Capital and Emperor Zhuangzong expressed mourning in plain dress in the western inner palace at Luoyang and did not conduct affairs for three days. The request was granted. Tian Min, Chancellor of the Directorate of Education and concurrent Vice Minister of Revenue, was also sent to report the matter at Gaozu's spirit seat. On guisi, Right Remonstrance Counselor Zheng Shouyi and Secretariat Drafting Secretary Yang Zhaojian were both dismissed from their current posts for having taken leave and failing to attend the state mourning. On dingyou, Chief Councilor Feng Dao and the civil and military officials submitted memorials three times at the Gate of the Hall of Honored Virtue requesting that the Emperor hold court in the main hall, and permission was granted. An Prefecture reported that floodwaters stood seven feet deep on level ground. On gengzi, the Emperor held court in the main hall and proclaimed: "A general amnesty is granted throughout the realm. For all crimes in the various circuits, prefectures, and districts, except the ten abominations, the five rebellions, murder, robbery, official corruption, compounding poison, slaughtering cattle, and counterfeiting coin, all other offenses are pardoned. If An Congjin of Xiang Prefecture can decisively submit his loyalty, he too shall be released. Civil and military officials and officers throughout the realm shall likewise receive added favor. Wherever locusts appear in the realm, rent and tax shall be remitted. On xinchou, Du Wei, military governor of the Shunguo Army at Heng Prefecture, and Liu Zhiyuan, military governor of Hedong, were both further granted Honorary Grand Preceptor and given increased noble rank and fief. Yang Guangyuan, military governor of the Pinglu Army at Qing Prefecture, was granted Acting Grand Preceptor. On guimao, Jing Yanguang, military governor of the Tianping Army at Yan Prefecture and concurrent chief adjutant of the palace guard cavalry and infantry, was granted Special Advancement and made joint director of the Secretariat-Chancellery with concurrent status as Grand Councilor, and appointed overall commander of the palace guard armies. Li Shouzhen, military governor of the Yicheng Army at Hua Prefecture and concurrent commander of the palace guard cavalry, and Guo Jin, military governor of the Zhangde Army at Xiang Prefecture and commander of the palace guard infantry, were both further granted Honorary Grand Preceptor and given increased noble rank and fief. Chief Councilor Feng Dao and others submitted a memorial asking that the office of Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs be restored as before, stating in summary: "The Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs was created in the previous dynasty and placed among the close attendants; the office has long existed and has been especially useful. In recent years Commissioner Liu Churang happened to suffer a family bereavement and was bound by mourning regulations; once he was removed from office, a temporary change was discussed, but no explicit edict was ever issued permanently abolishing the commissionership. What we wish is that each return to his proper duties; we would not shirk difficult and burdensome affairs. We humbly ask that the Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs be restored as before. Earlier, when Gaozu served Emperor Mingzong of Later Tang, he saw Commissioner An Chonghui wield government power and monopolize authority, with rewards and punishments decided at his own discretion, and he often detested this. When he ascended the throne, he therefore resolved to abolish the office and entrusted everything to the Secretariat. At this time Feng Dao and the others wearied of the burden of affairs and therefore again asked that the office be established, hoping thereby to divide the authority. The memorial was submitted three times, but permission was not granted. On yisi, Li Congwen, military governor of Xu Prefecture, and An Yanwei, military governor of Song Prefecture, were both additionally made concurrent Grand Councilor; Gao Xingzhou, regent of the Western Capital and overall commander of the Xiang Prefecture field headquarters, was additionally made concurrent Palace Attendant; and Li Congyan, military governor of Fengxiang, was granted Acting Grand Tutor. An imperial envoy was sent to the Secretariat to grant Chief Councilor Feng Dao birthday gifts and ceremonial objects. Dao, having from youth lived through turmoil and separation and having lost his parents early, did not remember his birthday and firmly declined to accept. On bingwu, Supervising Secretary Luo Zhouyue was made Left Regular Attendant; Right Remonstrance Counselor Fu Meng was made Supervising Secretary; Vice Director of the Secretariat and concurrent Vice Governor of Guangjin Bian Wei was made Right Regular Attendant; Vice Governor of Guangjin Zhang Xu was made Right Remonstrance Counselor; and Guangjin Prefecture judge and Vice Director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices Bian Guangfan was made Right Remonstrance Counselor. On dingwei, Gao Conghui, military governor of Jingnan and King of Nanping, was additionally made concurrent Director of the Department of State Affairs; Ma Xifan, military governor of Hunan and King of Chu, was granted Acting Grand Preceptor. From this time onward, feudal lords and prefectural governors were all granted added titles and enfeoffments in turn, displaying broad favor. That month, locusts struck seventeen prefectures and districts.
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八月壬子朔，百官素服臨於天清殿。 乙卯，以左散騎常侍羅周嶽為東京副留守。 庚申，以山陵禮儀使、太常卿崔棁為太子賓客，分司西都，病故也。 壬戌，晉昌軍節度使桑維翰加檢校太傅。 甲子，宰臣馮道加守太尉，趙瑩加中書令，李崧加左僕射兼門下侍郎，和凝加右僕射。 契丹遣使致慰禮馬二十匹及羅絹等物。 是日，襄州行營都部署高行周奏，收復襄州，安從進自焚而死，生擒男宏贊斬之。 前河東節度使康福卒，贈太師，謚曰武安。 戊辰，以太子太保兼尚書左僕射劉句為太子太傅。 詔賜襄州城內百姓粟，大戶二斛，小戶一斛，以久困重圍也。 己巳，以太子賓客趙元輔權判太常卿事，充山陵禮儀使。 庚午，葬太皇太后於魏縣秦固村。 癸酉，契丹遣使致祭於高祖，賻禮御馬二匹、羊千口、絹千匹。 契丹主母亦遣使來慰。 詔免襄州城內人戶今年夏秋來屋稅，其城外下營處與放二年租稅。 應被安從進脅從者，一切不問。 是月，河中、河東、河西、徐、晉、商、汝等州蝗。
On the first day of the eighth month, renzi, all officials in plain mourning dress attended at the Hall of Heavenly Clarity. On yimao, Left Regular Attendant Luo Zhouyue was made deputy regent of the Eastern Capital. On gengshen, Cui Rong, ritual commissioner for the mausoleum and Director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, was posthumously made Mentor of the Heir Apparent with detached service in the Western Capital, having died of illness. On renxu, Sang Weihan, military governor of the Jinchang Army, was further granted Honorary Grand Preceptor. On jiazi, Chief Councilor Feng Dao was granted Acting Grand Commander; Zhao Ying was made Grand Councilor; Li Song was made Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs and concurrent Vice Director of the Chancellery; and He Ning was made Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs. The Khitan sent envoys bearing twenty horses as condolence gifts, along with silk gauze and other goods. That day, Gao Xingzhou, overall commander of the Xiang Prefecture field headquarters, reported that Xiang Prefecture had been recovered; An Congjin burned himself to death; and his son Hongzan was captured alive and executed. The former military governor of Hedong, Kang Fu, died and was posthumously granted Grand Preceptor, with the posthumous title Martial and Secure. On wuchen, Liu Gou, Grand Mentor of the Heir Apparent and concurrent Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs, was made Grand Tutor of the Heir Apparent. An edict granted grain to the common people within Xiang Prefecture city—two hu to large households and one hu to small households—because they had long suffered under heavy siege. On jisi, Zhao Yuanfu, Mentor of the Heir Apparent, was given provisional charge of the affairs of the Director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices and appointed ritual commissioner for the mausoleum. On gengwu, the Grand Empress Dowager was buried at Qinggu Village in Wei County. On guiyou, the Khitan sent envoys to offer sacrifice to Gaozu, with funeral gifts of two imperial horses, a thousand sheep, and a thousand bolts of silk. The Khitan ruler's mother also sent envoys to offer condolences. An edict remitted this year's summer and autumn dwelling taxes for households within Xiang Prefecture city, and for places outside the city where camps had been set up, rent and tax were remitted for two years. All who had been coerced into following An Congjin were entirely exempted from inquiry. That month, locusts struck Hezhong, Hedong, Hexi, Xu, Jin, Shang, Ru, and other prefectures.
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九月丁丑朔，百官素服臨於天清殿。 己卯，分命朝臣詣寺觀禱雨。 辛巳，兩浙節度使吳越國王錢宏佐、福建節度使王延羲，並加食邑，仍改賜功臣名號。 癸未，帝御乾明門，觀襄州行營都部署高行周、都監張從恩等獻俘馘。 有司宣露布訖，以安從進男宏受等四十四人徇於市，皆斬之。 曲赦京城禁囚。 甲申，宴班師將校於崇德殿，賜物有差。 乙酉，宰臣和凝上《回河頌》，賜鞍馬器帛。 丁亥，以宋州歸德軍節度使安彥威為西京留守兼河南尹； 以襄州行營都部署、西京留守高行周為宋州節度使，加檢校太師。 戊子，降襄州為防禦使額，均、房二州割屬鄧州，升泌州為團練使額。 己丑，以東京留守兼開封尹李德充為廣晉尹； 以宣徽南院使、襄州行營都監張從恩為東京留守兼開封尹，加檢校太尉； 以前同州節度使、襄州行營副部署宋彥筠為鄧州威勝軍節度使，加檢校太尉。 山陵禮儀使撰高祖祔饗太廟酌獻樂章，上之。 庚寅，詔今後除授留守，宜降麻制。 癸巳，樂平公主史氏進封魯國大長公主，壽安長公主烏氏進封衛國大長公主，鄭國長公主杜氏進封宋國大長公主。 荊南高從誨累表讓尚書令之命。 己亥，追封故秦國長公主為梁國長公主，故永壽長公主為岐國大長公主，故延慶長公主為邠國大長公主。 辛丑，以義成軍節度使兼侍衛馬軍都指揮使李守貞充大行皇帝山陵一行都部署。 壬寅，以宣徽北院使、判三司劉遂清為鄭州防禦使，以澶州防禦使李承福為宣徽北院使。 癸卯，詔大行皇帝十一月十日山陵，宜自十月一日至十一月二十日不坐，放文武百官朝參。 甲辰，上大行皇帝尊謚寶冊，百官素服班於天清殿。 〈（《五代會要》：天福七年，中書門下奏：山陵禮儀使狀：「高祖尊謚號及廟號，伏準故事，將啟殯宮前，擇日命太尉率百僚奉謚冊，告天於圜丘畢，奉謚冊跪讀於靈前。」 此累朝之制，蓋以天命尊極，不可稽留。 今所上高祖聖文章武明德孝皇帝尊謚寶冊，伏緣去洛京地遠，寶冊難以往來，當司詳酌，伏請只差官往洛京，奏告南郊太廟。 其日，中書門下文武百官立班，中書令、侍中升靈座前讀寶冊，行告謚之禮。）〉 禮儀使撰進高祖祔饗太廟酌獻樂章舞名，請以《咸和之舞》為名。 從之。
On the first day of the ninth month, dingchou, all officials in plain mourning dress attended at the Hall of Heavenly Clarity. On jimao, court ministers were dispatched separately to temples and monasteries to pray for rain. On xinsi, Qian Hongzuo, King of Wuyue and military governor of the Two Zhes, and Wang Yanxi, military governor of Fujian, were both given increased fiefs and granted new honorary titles of meritorious service. On guiwei, the Emperor held court at the Gate of Heavenly Brightness to observe Gao Xingzhou, overall commander of the Xiang Prefecture field headquarters, Zhang Cong'en, field supervisor, and others present captives and severed heads. When the relevant offices had finished proclaiming the victory bulletin, forty-four men including An Congjin's son Hongshou were paraded through the market and all were beheaded. A partial amnesty was granted to prisoners held in the capital. On jiashen, returning officers were feasted in the Hall of Honored Virtue, and gifts were granted in varying amounts. On yiyou, Chief Councilor He Ning submitted the "Ode on the River's Return," and was granted a saddle, horse, vessels, and silk. On dinghai, An Yanwei, military governor of the Guide Army at Song Prefecture, was made regent of the Western Capital and concurrent governor of Henan; Gao Xingzhou, overall commander of the Xiang Prefecture field headquarters and regent of the Western Capital, was made military governor of Song Prefecture and further granted Honorary Grand Preceptor. On wuzi, Xiang Prefecture was reduced to a defense command; Jun and Fang prefectures were transferred to Deng Prefecture; and Bi Prefecture was promoted to a training command. On jichou, Li Dechong, regent of the Eastern Capital and concurrent governor of Kaifeng, was made governor of Guangjin; Zhang Cong'en, commissioner of the Southern Bureau of the Palace Secretariat and field supervisor of the Xiang Prefecture headquarters, was made regent of the Eastern Capital and concurrent governor of Kaifeng and further granted Honorary Grand Commander; Song Yanjun, former military governor of Tong Prefecture and deputy overall commander of the Xiang Prefecture field headquarters, was made military governor of the Weisheng Army at Deng Prefecture and further granted Honorary Grand Commander. The ritual commissioner for the mausoleum drafted the libation hymn for Gaozu's spirit tablet being enshrined and offered in the imperial ancestral temple and submitted it. On gengyin, an edict ordered that hereafter, whenever regents were appointed, formal edicts on hemp paper should be issued. On guisi, Princess of Leping of the Shi clan was promoted to Grand Princess of Lu; Princess of Shou'an of the Wu clan was promoted to Grand Princess of Wei; and Princess of Zheng of the Du clan was promoted to Grand Princess of Song. Gao Conghui of Jingnan repeatedly submitted memorials declining the appointment as Director of the Department of State Affairs. On jihai, the late Princess of Qin was posthumously enfeoffed as Princess of Liang; the late Princess of Yongshou as Grand Princess of Qi; and the late Princess of Yanqing as Grand Princess of Bin. On xinchou, Li Shouzhen, military governor of the Yicheng Army and concurrent commander of the palace guard cavalry, was appointed overall commander of the late emperor's mausoleum procession. On renyin, Liu Suiqing, commissioner of the Northern Bureau of the Palace Secretariat and acting director of the Three Departments, was made defense commissioner of Zheng Prefecture; and Li Chengfu, defense commissioner of Chan Prefecture, was made commissioner of the Northern Bureau of the Palace Secretariat. On guimao, an edict ordered that the late emperor's burial would take place on the tenth day of the eleventh month; from the first day of the tenth month through the twentieth day of the eleventh month the Emperor was not to hold court, and civil and military officials were excused from attendance. On jiachen, the posthumous title and imperial seal register of the late emperor were presented, and the officials in plain mourning dress took their places at the Hall of Heavenly Clarity. (Institutional History of the Five Dynasties: In Tianfu 7, the Secretariat-Chancellery memorialized: The ritual commissioner for the mausoleum reported: "For Gaozu's posthumous honorific title and temple name, according to precedent, before opening the temporary coffin hall a day should be chosen on which the Grand Commander would lead the officials in presenting the posthumous title register, and after reporting to Heaven at the Circular Mound, the register would be presented and read kneeling before the spirit seat." This was the institution of successive dynasties, for the Mandate of Heaven and supreme honor could not be delayed. The posthumous title and imperial seal register now submitted for Gaozu, the Sage Literary and Martial Emperor of Bright Virtue and Filial Piety, could not readily be transported to and from distant Luoyang; the responsible office therefore requested that officials be dispatched to Luoyang to report at the Southern Suburb and the imperial ancestral temple. On that day, civil and military officials of the Secretariat-Chancellery would stand in formation; the Grand Councilor and Palace Attendant would ascend before the spirit seat and read the imperial seal register, performing the rite of announcing the posthumous title.)〉 The ritual commissioner drafted and submitted the name of the libation hymn and dance for Gaozu's spirit tablet being enshrined and offered in the imperial ancestral temple, requesting that it be named the "Dance of Universal Harmony." The request was granted.
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冬十月辛亥朔，百官素服臨於天清殿。 襄州利市廟封為順正王，仍令本州修崇廟宇。 癸亥，啟攢宮，百官衣初喪服入臨。 甲子，靈駕進發，帝於朱鳳門外行遣奠之祭，辭畢還宮。 丁丑，太保盧質卒，贈太子太師，謚曰文忠。 己卯，宰臣李崧母喪，歸葬深州，遣使吊祭之。 庚辰，契丹遣使致祭於高祖，賻馬三匹、衣三襲。
On the first day of the tenth month of winter, xinhai, all officials in plain mourning dress attended at the Hall of Heavenly Clarity. The Lishi Temple in Xiang Prefecture was enfeoffed as King of Righteous Compliance, and the prefecture was ordered to repair and enlarge the temple buildings. On guihai, the temporary coffin hall was opened, and the officials in initial mourning garments entered to attend. On jiazi, the imperial coffin procession set out. The Emperor performed the farewell offering rite outside the Vermilion Phoenix Gate and, when the rite was complete, returned to the palace. On dingchou, Grand Tutor Lu Zhi died and was posthumously granted Grand Preceptor of the Heir Apparent, with the posthumous title Literary and Loyal. On jimao, Chief Councilor Li Song's mother died; he returned to Shen Prefecture for the burial, and envoys were sent to offer condolences and sacrifice. On gengchen, the Khitan sent envoys to offer sacrifice to Gaozu, with funeral gifts of three horses and three sets of garments.
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十一月庚寅，葬高祖皇帝於顯陵。 壬辰，湖南奏，前洪州節度使馬希振卒。 戊戌，詔宰臣等分詣寺廟祈雪。 庚子，祔高祖神主於太廟。 辛丑，以金吾衛大將軍、權判三司董遇為三司使。 詔：「州郡稅鹽，過稅斤七錢，住稅斤十錢，州府鹽院並省司差人勾當。」 先是，諸州府除蠶鹽外，每年海鹽界分約收鹽價錢一千七萬貫，高祖以所在禁法，抵犯者眾，遂開鹽禁，許通商，令州郡配征人戶食鹽錢，上戶千文，下戶二百，分為五等，時亦便之。 至是掌賦者欲增財利，難於驟變前法，乃重其關市之征，蓋欲絕其興販歸利於官也。 其後鹽禁如故，鹽錢亦征，至今為弊焉。 是日，詔：「天地宗廟社稷及諸祠祭等，訪聞所司承管，多不精潔。 宜令三司預支一年禮料物色，於太廟置庫收貯。 差宗正丞主掌，委監察使監當，祭器祭服等未備者修制。 〈（《五代會要》：敕差宗正丞石載仁專主掌，監察御史宋彥升監庫，兼差供奉官陳審璘往洛京，於太廟內隱便處修蓋庫屋五間，俟畢日，催促所支物色，監送入庫交付訖，取收領文狀歸閣。 每有祠祭，諸司各請禮料。 至時委監庫御史宋彥升、宗正丞石載仁旋行給付。 其大祠、中祠兼令監察御史檢點，小祠即令行事官檢點。 如致慢易，本司準格科罪。 其祭器未有者修制，已有者更仰整飭。）〉
In the eleventh month, on gengyin, Emperor Gaozu was buried at Xianling. On renchen, Hunan reported that the former military governor of Hong Prefecture, Ma Xizhen, had died. On wuxu, an edict ordered the chief councilors and others to go separately to temples and monasteries to pray for snow. On gengzi, Gaozu's spirit tablet was enshrined in the imperial ancestral temple. On xinchou, Dong Yu, Senior General of the Golden Bear Guard and acting director of the Three Departments, was made commissioner of the Three Departments. An edict stated: "For salt taxed by prefectures and districts, transit tax is seven cash per jin and residence tax is ten cash per jin; the salt offices of prefectures and districts and officials dispatched by the central ministries shall manage the matter. Earlier, apart from silkworm salt, the various prefectures and districts annually collected about seventeen million strings in salt-price revenue from the maritime salt zones. Because prohibition laws were widely violated wherever they were enforced, Gaozu lifted the salt prohibition, permitted free trade, and ordered prefectures and districts to levy a salt-money charge on households—one thousand cash for upper households and two hundred for lower households, divided into five grades. At the time this was also considered convenient. At this time those in charge of revenue wished to increase fiscal profit but found it difficult to change the previous law abruptly, so they increased transit and market taxes, intending thereby to cut off private trade and return the profit to the government. Thereafter the salt prohibition remained as before, and the salt-money levy was also collected—a abuse that persists to this day. That day, an edict stated: "It has been learned that the offices responsible for Heaven and Earth, the ancestral temple, the altars of soil and grain, and various sacrificial shrines often do not maintain them with care and cleanliness. The Three Departments should be ordered to advance one year's worth of ritual supplies and goods, and a storehouse should be established in the imperial ancestral temple for their storage. An assistant director of the Court of the Imperial Clan should be assigned to take charge, with censorial commissioners entrusted to supervise; ritual vessels, ritual garments, and other items not yet prepared should be made or repaired. (Institutional History of the Five Dynasties: An edict appointed Assistant Director of the Court of the Imperial Clan Shi Zaoren to take exclusive charge, with Censor Song Yansheng to supervise the storehouse, and also dispatched Palace Attendant Chen Shenlin to Luoyang to build five storehouse rooms in a discreet location within the imperial ancestral temple; when the work was finished, the supplies advanced were to be urged forward, escorted into the storehouse and delivered, and receipts were to be taken back to the palace. Whenever there was a sacrificial rite, each office would request ritual supplies. At the appointed time, Storehouse Supervisor Censor Song Yansheng and Assistant Director of the Court of the Imperial Clan Shi Zaoren would promptly issue them. For major and medium rites, censorial commissioners were also ordered to inspect; for minor rites, the officiating officials were ordered to inspect. If negligence or disrespect occurred, the responsible office would punish according to statute. Ritual vessels not yet available were to be made or repaired, and those already available were further to be put in proper order.)〉
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十二月辛酉，以威武軍節度副使、充福建管內諸軍都指揮使王亞澄為威武軍副大使，知節度事。 詔：「諸道州府，每遇大祭祀、冬至、寒食、立春、立夏、雨雪未晴，不得行極刑。 如有已斷下文案，可取次日及雨雪定後施行。」 乙丑，以前鄧州節度使安審暉為左羽林統軍，以前延州節度使丁審琪為右羽林統軍，以前金州節度使潘環為左神武統軍，以前華州節度使皇甫立為左金吾衛上將軍，以右龍武統軍劉遂凝為左驍衛上將軍，以前貝州節度使馬萬為右驍衛上將軍，以左龍武大將軍張彥澤為右武衛上將軍。 丙寅，宰臣馮道、滑州節度使兼侍衛馬軍都指揮使李守貞、河陽節度使皇甫遇、西京留守安彥威、廣晉尹李德充，並加爵邑，以山陵充奉之勞也。 己巳，回鶻進奉使密裏等各授懷化歸德大將軍、將軍郎將，放還蕃。 庚午，故洪州節度使馬希振追封齊國公。 辛未，故中吳建武等軍節度使、彭城郡王錢元尞追封廣陵郡王。 丙子，于闐、回鶻皆遣使貢方物。
In the twelfth month, on xinyou, Wang Yacheng, deputy military governor of the Weiwu Army and overall commander of all armies within Fujian, was made deputy commissioner of the Weiwu Army with charge of military governorship affairs. An edict stated: "In the various circuits, prefectures, and districts, whenever there are major sacrifices, the winter solstice, Cold Food Festival, Start of Spring, Start of Summer, or days when rain or snow has not yet cleared, capital punishment must not be carried out. If a case has already been decided and the documents issued, execution may be carried out on the following day or after the rain or snow has stopped. On yichou, An Shenhui, former military governor of Deng Prefecture, was made commander of the Left Forest of Feathers Army; Ding Shenqi, former military governor of Yan Prefecture, was made commander of the Right Forest of Feathers Army; Pan Huan, former military governor of Jin Prefecture, was made commander of the Left Divine Martial Army; Huangfu Li, former military governor of Hua Prefecture, was made Senior General of the Left Golden Bear Guard; Liu Suining, commander of the Right Dragon Martial Army, was made Senior General of the Left Brave Guard; Ma Wan, former military governor of Bei Prefecture, was made Senior General of the Right Brave Guard; and Zhang Yanze, Senior General of the Left Dragon Martial Army, was made Senior General of the Right Martial Guard. On bingyin, Chief Councilor Feng Dao; Li Shouzhen, military governor of Hua Prefecture and concurrent commander of the palace guard cavalry; Huangfu Yu, military governor of Heyang; An Yanwei, regent of the Western Capital; and Li Dechong, governor of Guangjin, were all granted increased noble rank and fief for their labor in serving the mausoleum. On jisi, Mirli and the other Uyghur tribute envoys were each granted the titles of Grand General of Cherishing Transformation and Returning Virtue and General or Commandant, and were released to return to their realm. On gengwu, the late military governor of Hong Prefecture, Ma Xizhen, was posthumously enfeoffed as Duke of Qi. On xinwei, the late military governor of the Zhongwu and Jianwu armies, Qian Yuanliao, Prince of Pengcheng Commandery, was posthumously enfeoffed as Prince of Guangling Commandery. On bingzi, Khotan and the Uyghurs both sent envoys presenting local products.
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天福八年春正月辛巳，盜發唐坤陵，莊宗母曹太后之陵也。 河南府上言：「逃戶凡五千三百八十七，餓死者兼之。」 詔：「諸道以廩粟賑饑民，民有積粟者，均分借便，以濟貧民。」 時州郡蝗旱，百姓流亡，餓死者千萬計。 東都人士僧道，請車駕復幸東京。 後唐莊宗德妃伊氏自契丹遣使貢馬。 庚寅，沙州留後曹元深加檢校太傅，充沙州歸義軍節度使。 癸巳，發禁軍萬人並家口赴東京。 乙巳，于闐、回鶻入朝使劉再成等並授懷化大將軍、將軍郎將，放還蕃。
In the first month of spring in Tianfu 8, on xinsi, Kunling of Tang was robbed by thieves; it was the tomb of Empress Dowager Cao, mother of Emperor Zhuangzong. The Henan Prefecture office reported: "There are altogether five thousand three hundred eighty-seven absconding households, including those who died of starvation. An edict stated: "The various circuits shall use granary grain to relieve starving people. Where people have stored grain, it shall be shared and lent out equally to aid the poor." At this time locusts and drought struck the prefectures and districts; the common people fled; and those who died of starvation numbered in the tens of millions. The gentry, monks, and Daoist priests of the Eastern Capital requested that the emperor again visit the Eastern Capital. Consort Yi, Virtuous Consort of Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang, sent envoys from the Khitan to present horses as tribute. On gengyin, Cao Yuanshen, acting prefect of Shazhou, was further granted Honorary Grand Preceptor and appointed military governor of the Guiyi Army at Shazhou. On guisi, ten thousand men of the palace guard army together with their families were dispatched to the Eastern Capital. On yisi, Liu Zaicheng and the other Khotan and Uyghur envoys to court were each granted the titles of Grand General of Cherishing Transformation and General or Commandant, and were released to return to their realms.
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二月庚戌，御劄取今月十一日車駕還東京，沿路州府，不用修飾行宮； 食宿頓遞，並以官物供給； 文武臣僚除有公事合隨駕外，並先次進發。 以侍衛親軍使景延廣充御營使。 癸丑，以廣晉尹李德充權鄴都留守。 己未，車駕發鄴都，曲赦都下禁囚。 甲子，次封丘，文武百官見於行宮。 乙丑，至東京。 甲戌，以東京留守張從恩為權鄴都留守，以皇弟檢校司徒重睿為檢校太保、開封尹，年幼未出閣，差左散騎常侍邊蔚知府事。 丁丑，以前太僕卿薛仁謙為衛尉卿。 河中逃戶凡七千七百五十九。 是時天下饑，谷價翔踴，人多餓殍。 右金吾衛上將軍劉處讓卒，贈太尉。
In the second month, on gengxu, an imperial letter ordered that on the eleventh day of this month the imperial carriage would return to the Eastern Capital; along the route the prefectures and districts were not to decorate the traveling palaces; food, lodging, and relay stations were all to be supplied from official stores; civil and military officials, except those with official business who should accompany the carriage, were all to set out first in advance. Jing Yanguang, commander of the palace guard armies, was appointed imperial camp commissioner. On guichou, Li Dechong, governor of Guangjin, was made acting regent of the capital at Ye. On jiwei, the imperial carriage departed from the capital at Ye, and a partial amnesty was granted to prisoners held in the capital. On jiazi, the procession halted at Fengqiu, and civil and military officials were received at the traveling palace. On yichou, the Emperor arrived at the Eastern Capital. On jiaxu, Zhang Cong'en, regent of the Eastern Capital, was made acting regent of the capital at Ye; the Emperor's younger brother Chongrui, Honorary Minister of Education, was made Honorary Grand Tutor and governor of Kaifeng; as he was young and had not yet left the inner quarters, Left Regular Attendant Bian Wei was assigned to manage prefectural affairs. On dingchou, Xue Renqian, former Director of the Court of the Imperial Stud, was made Director of the Court of the Imperial Guard. In Hezhong there were altogether seven thousand seven hundred fifty-nine absconding households. At this time famine gripped the realm; grain prices soared; and many people died of starvation. Senior General of the Right Golden Bear Guard Liu Churang died and was posthumously granted Grand Commander.
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三月己卯朔，以中書令、監修國史趙瑩為晉昌軍節度使，以晉昌軍節度使桑維翰為侍中、監修國史。 〈（《通鑒》作晉昌節度使、兼侍中桑維翰為侍中。 胡三省註云：桑維翰始居藩鎮而兼侍中，今入朝，正為門下省長官。）〉 辛巳，以左散騎常侍盧重為秘書監，以東京副留守羅周嶽為右散騎常侍。 癸未，青州節度使、東平王楊光遠進封壽王，北京留守劉知遠、恒州節度使杜威並加兼中書令。 乙酉，以鄜州節度使符彥卿為河陽節度使，以權鄴都留守、前開封尹張從恩為鄴都留守、廣晉尹，以右羽林統軍丁審琪為鄜州節度使。 丁亥，天策上將軍、湖南節度使、楚王馬希範加守尚書令、兼中書令。 己丑，桂州節度使馬希杲依前檢校太尉、兼侍中，兼知朗州軍州事； 朗州武平軍節度使馬希萼加檢校太尉，進封爵邑。 以武平軍節度副使、岳州團練使馬希瞻為檢校太尉，領盧州昭信軍節度使； 以武安軍節度副使、永州團練使馬希廣為檢校太尉，領洪州鎮南軍節度使； 皆楚王馬希範之弟也。 庚寅，以宣徽北院使李承福為右武衛大將軍，充宣徽南院使； 以前鄭州防禦使劉繼勛為左千牛衛大將軍，充宣徽北院使。 國子祭酒兼戶部侍郎田敏以印本《五經》書上進，賜帛五十段。 甲午，有白烏棲作坊桐樹，作坊使周務掠捕而進之。 辛丑，引進使、太府卿孟承誨使契丹。 詔京百司攝官親公事及五年，與授初官。 癸卯，以左諫議大夫司徒詡為給事中，左司郎中王仁裕為右諫議大夫，前鴻臚卿王均為少府監。
On the first day of the third month, jimao, Zhao Ying, Grand Councilor and supervisor of the compilation of the national history, was made military governor of the Jinchang Army; and Sang Weihan, military governor of the Jinchang Army, was made Palace Attendant and supervisor of the compilation of the national history. (Comprehensive Mirror records: Sang Weihan, military governor of Jinchang and concurrent Palace Attendant, was made Palace Attendant. Hu Sanxing's commentary states: Sang Weihan had first held a military governorship while concurrently serving as Palace Attendant; now that he entered court, he properly became chief of the Chancellery.)〉 On xinsi, Left Regular Attendant Lu Zhong was made Director of the Secretariat; and Luo Zhouyue, deputy regent of the Eastern Capital, was made Right Regular Attendant. On guiwei, Yang Guangyuan, military governor of Qing Prefecture and King of Dongping, was promoted to King of Shou; Liu Zhiyuan, regent of the Northern Capital, and Du Wei, military governor of Heng Prefecture, were both additionally made concurrent Grand Councilor. On yiyou, Fu Yanqing, military governor of Fu Prefecture, was made military governor of Heyang; Zhang Cong'en, acting regent of the capital at Ye and former governor of Kaifeng, was made regent of the capital at Ye and governor of Guangjin; and Ding Shenqi, commander of the Right Forest of Feathers Army, was made military governor of Fu Prefecture. On dinghai, Ma Xifan, Grand General of the Heavenly Strategy, military governor of Hunan, and King of Chu, was granted Acting Director of the Department of State Affairs and made concurrent Grand Councilor. On jichou, Ma Xigao, military governor of Gui Prefecture, retained his former Honorary Grand Commander and concurrent Palace Attendant and was additionally given charge of military and civil affairs at Lang Prefecture; Ma Xie, military governor of the Wuping Army at Lang Prefecture, was further granted Honorary Grand Commander and given increased noble rank and fief. Ma Xizhan, deputy military governor of the Wuping Army and training commissioner of Yue Prefecture, was made Honorary Grand Commander and appointed military governor of the Zhaoxin Army at Lu Prefecture; Ma Xiguang, deputy military governor of the Wu'an Army and training commissioner of Yong Prefecture, was made Honorary Grand Commander and appointed military governor of the Zhennan Army at Hong Prefecture; All were younger brothers of Ma Xifan, King of Chu. On gengyin, Li Chengfu, commissioner of the Northern Bureau of the Palace Secretariat, was made Senior General of the Right Martial Guard and appointed commissioner of the Southern Bureau of the Palace Secretariat; Liu Jixun, former defense commissioner of Zheng Prefecture, was made Senior General of the Left Thousand-Ox Guard and appointed commissioner of the Northern Bureau of the Palace Secretariat. Tian Min, Chancellor of the Directorate of Education and concurrent Vice Minister of Revenue, presented printed copies of the Five Classics and was granted fifty bolts of silk. On jiawu, a white crow perched in a paulownia tree at the workshops; Workshop Commissioner Zhou Wu captured it and presented it. On xinchou, Meng Chenghui, reception commissioner and Director of the Court of the Imperial Treasury, was sent as envoy to the Khitan. An edict ordered that acting officials in the capital bureaus who had personally handled official business for five years should be granted initial regular appointments. On guimao, Left Remonstrance Counselor Situ Xu was made Supervising Secretary; Left Bureau Director Wang Renyu was made Right Remonstrance Counselor; and Wang Jun, former Director of the Court of the Imperial Banquets, was made Director of the Court of the Imperial Manufactories.
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夏四月戊申朔，日有食之。 庚戌，以許州節度使趙在禮為徐州節度使，以徐州節度使李從溫為許州節度使。 己巳，中書門下奏：「請以六月二十七日降誕日為啟聖節。」 從之。 是月，河南、河北、關西諸州旱蝗，分命使臣捕之。
On the first day of the fourth month of summer, wushen, there was a solar eclipse. On gengxu, Zhao Zaili, military governor of Xu Prefecture, was made military governor of Xuzhou; and Li Congwen, military governor of Xuzhou, was made military governor of Xu Prefecture. On jisi, the Secretariat-Chancellery memorialized: "We request that the birthday on the twenty-seventh day of the sixth month be established as the Festival of Opening Sagehood. The request was granted. That month, drought and locusts struck the various prefectures of Henan, Hebei, and Guanxi, and envoys were dispatched separately to capture them.
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五月己卯，追封皇故長姊為吳國長公主。 癸未，皇侄女永福縣主薨，輟朝三日，追封平昌郡主。 丁亥，皇第二叔祖贈太師萬友追封秦王； 皇第三叔祖贈太尉萬銓贈太師，追封趙王。 皇伯贈太傅敬儒贈太師，追封宋王； 皇叔贈太尉福王德贈太師，追封如故； 皇叔贈太傅暉贈太師，追封韓王； 皇叔贈太尉通王殷、皇叔贈太尉廣王威、皇兄贈太傅郯王重裔並贈太師，追封如故。 皇兄贈太師沂王重信追封楚王； 皇兄贈太傅虢王重乂、皇兄贈太師夔王重進、皇弟贈太尉陳王重杲等並贈太師，追封如故。 仍令所司擇日冊命。 辛卯，以御史中丞王易簡為尚書左丞，以禮部侍郎張允為御史中丞，以中書舍人吳承範為禮部侍郎，以吏部侍郎王延為尚書右丞，以尚書右丞王松為吏部侍郎，以兵部侍郎張昭遠為吏部侍郎，以戶部侍郎呂琦為兵部侍郎，以刑部侍郎韋勛為戶部侍郎，以工部侍郎李詳為刑部侍郎。 癸巳，命宰臣等分詣寺觀禱雨。 己亥，飛蝗自北翳天而南。 太子賓客李棁卒。 甲辰，詔：「諸道州府見禁罪人，除十惡五逆、行劫殺人、偽行印信、合造毒藥、官典犯贓各減一等外，餘並放。」 是時所在旱蝗，故有是詔。 乙巳，幸相國寺祈雨。
In the fifth month, on jimao, the late Emperor's elder sister was posthumously enfeoffed as Princess of Wu. On guiwei, the Emperor's niece, Lady of Yongfu County, died; court was suspended for three days, and she was posthumously enfeoffed as Lady of Pingchang Commandery. On dinghai, Wan You, the Emperor's second grand-uncle, posthumously granted Grand Preceptor, was posthumously enfeoffed as King of Qin; Wan Quan, the Emperor's third grand-uncle, posthumously granted Grand Commander, was posthumously granted Grand Preceptor and enfeoffed as King of Zhao. Jingru, the Emperor's paternal uncle, posthumously granted Grand Tutor, was posthumously granted Grand Preceptor and enfeoffed as King of Song; Fude, the Emperor's paternal uncle, posthumously granted Grand Commander and King of Fu, was posthumously granted Grand Preceptor and enfeoffed as before; Hui, the Emperor's paternal uncle, posthumously granted Grand Tutor, was posthumously granted Grand Preceptor and enfeoffed as King of Han; Yin, the Emperor's paternal uncle, posthumously granted Grand Commander and King of Tong; Wei, the Emperor's paternal uncle, posthumously granted Grand Commander and King of Guang; and Chongyi, the Emperor's elder brother, posthumously granted Grand Tutor and King of Tan, were all posthumously granted Grand Preceptor and enfeoffed as before. Chongxin, the Emperor's elder brother, posthumously granted Grand Preceptor and King of Yi, was posthumously enfeoffed as King of Chu; Chongyi, the Emperor's elder brother, posthumously granted Grand Tutor and King of Guo; Chongjin, the Emperor's elder brother, posthumously granted Grand Preceptor and King of Kui; Chonggao, the Emperor's younger brother, posthumously granted Grand Commander and King of Chen, and others were all posthumously granted Grand Preceptor and enfeoffed as before. The responsible offices were further ordered to choose a day for the investiture ceremony. On xinmao, Vice Censor-in-Chief Wang Yijian was made Left Assistant Director of the Department of State Affairs; Vice Minister of Rites Zhang Yun was made Vice Censor-in-Chief; Secretariat Drafting Secretary Wu Chengfang was made Vice Minister of Rites; Vice Minister of Personnel Wang Yan was made Right Assistant Director of the Department of State Affairs; Right Assistant Director of the Department of State Affairs Wang Song was made Vice Minister of Personnel; Vice Minister of War Zhang Zhaoyuan was made Vice Minister of Personnel; Vice Minister of Revenue Lü Qi was made Vice Minister of War; Vice Minister of Punishments Wei Xun was made Vice Minister of Revenue; and Vice Minister of Works Li Xiang was made Vice Minister of Punishments. On guisi, the chief councilors and others were ordered to go separately to temples and monasteries to pray for rain. On jihai, flying locusts came from the north, darkening the sky as they moved south. Li Rong, Mentor of the Heir Apparent, died. On jiachen, an edict stated: "For prisoners currently held in the various circuits, prefectures, and districts, except the ten abominations, the five rebellions, robbery and murder, forging seals and credentials, compounding poison, and official corruption, for which sentences are each reduced by one grade, all the rest are to be released. At this time drought and locusts prevailed everywhere, and therefore this edict was issued. On yisi, the Emperor visited Xiangguo Temple to pray for rain.
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六月庚戌，以螟蝗為害，詔侍衛馬步軍都指揮使李守貞往臯門祭告，仍遣諸司使梁進超等七人分往開封府界捕之。 乙卯，以左羽林統軍安審暉為潞州節度使。 宿州奏，飛蝗抱草幹死。 丙辰，貝州奏，逃戶凡三千七百。 遣供奉官衛延韜詣嵩山投龍祈雨。 戊午，以西京留守馬從斌為左監門衛上將軍。 開封府界飛蝗自死。 庚申，河南府奏，飛蝗大下，遍滿山野，草苗木葉食之皆盡，人多餓死。 禮部侍郎吳承範卒。 丙寅，以將冊皇太后，遣尚書左丞王易簡奏告天地。 陜州奏，蝗飛入界，傷食五稼及竹木之葉，逃戶凡八千一百。 丁卯，以給事中符蒙為禮部侍郎，以左諫議大夫裴坦為給事中。 辛未，遣內外臣僚二十八人分往諸道州府率借粟麥。 時使臣希旨，立法甚峻。 民間碓硙泥封之、隱其數者皆斃之，由是人不聊生，物情胥怨。 是月，諸州郡大蝗，所至草木皆盡。
In the sixth month, on gengxu, because rice borers and locusts were causing harm, an edict ordered Li Shouzhen, commander of the palace guard cavalry and infantry, to go to Gaomen to offer sacrifice and report, and also dispatched seven commissioners including Liang Jinchao of the various offices to go separately into the Kaifeng Prefecture jurisdiction to capture them. On yimao, An Shenhui, commander of the Left Forest of Feathers Army, was made military governor of Lu Prefecture. Su Prefecture reported that flying locusts clung to grass stalks and died. On bingchen, Bei Prefecture reported that there were altogether three thousand seven hundred absconding households. Palace Attendant Wei Yantao was sent to Mount Song to cast a dragon petition praying for rain. On wuwu, Ma Congbin, regent of the Western Capital, was made Senior General of the Left Gate Guard. Within the Kaifeng Prefecture jurisdiction, flying locusts died on their own. On gengshen, the Henan Prefecture office reported that flying locusts descended in great numbers, filling the mountains and fields; grass, trees, and leaves were all eaten clean, and many people died of starvation. Wu Chengfang, Vice Minister of Rites, died. On bingyin, because the Empress Dowager was about to be invested, Left Assistant Director of the Department of State Affairs Wang Yijian was sent to report to Heaven and Earth. Shaan Prefecture reported that locusts flew into its territory, damaging the five grains and the leaves of bamboo and trees; there were altogether eight thousand one hundred absconding households. On dingmao, Supervising Secretary Fu Meng was made Vice Minister of Rites; and Left Remonstrance Counselor Pei Tan was made Supervising Secretary. On xinwei, twenty-eight civil and military officials, both within and outside the capital, were dispatched separately to the various circuits, prefectures, and districts to compel the lending of grain and wheat. At this time the envoys sought to please their superiors and established regulations of great severity. Those among the common people who sealed their mortars and millstones with mud and concealed their quantities were all put to death; thereby people could scarcely live, and popular sentiment turned to universal resentment. That month, great locust swarms struck the various prefectures and districts; wherever they went, grass and trees were completely consumed.