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Overview Taizu was a ruler.
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History of Song, Chapter 481 Volume 481 Biographies 240: Hereditary Houses 4: Southern Han and Liu Clans Liu Chang (Gong Chengshu, Li Tuo, Xue Chongyu, Pan Chongche) · 8 passages
美諭太祖意，語在《美傳》。
Mei conveyed Taizu's intent — the account appears in Mei's biography.
至京，舍於玉津園，太祖遣參知政事呂餘慶問鋹翻覆及焚府庫之罪，鋹歸罪澄樞、托、崇譽。
When he reached the capital he was lodged at Yujin Garden; Taizu sent Vice Grand Councilor Lu Yuqing to question him about his treachery and the burning of the treasuries, and Chang blamed Chengshu, Tuo, and Chongyu.
太祖禦明德門，遣攝刑部尚書盧多遜宣詔責鋹，鋹對曰：「臣年十六僭偽位，澄樞等皆先臣舊人，每事臣不得專，在國時臣是臣下，澄樞是國主。」
Taizu took his seat at the Gate of Bright Virtue and dispatched Acting Minister of Justice Lu Duoxun to proclaim the edict reproaching Chang; Chang replied, "Your subject at sixteen usurped a false throne; Chengshu and the others were all my father's old retainers — in every matter I could not decide alone. In the state I was the subject and Chengshu was the sovereign."
太祖命攝大理卿高繼申引澄樞、托、崇譽斬於千秋門外。
Taizu ordered Acting Chief Justice Gao Jishen to lead Chengshu, Tuo, and Chongyu out and behead them outside the Gate of a Thousand Autumns.
有口辯，性絕巧，嘗以珠結鞍勒為戲龍之狀，極其精妙，以獻太祖。
He was quick with words and possessed extraordinary craftsmanship. Once he fashioned saddle trappings from pearls in the shape of a frolicking dragon with exquisite skill and presented them to Taizu.
太祖詔示諸宮官，皆駭伏，遂以錢百五十萬給其直，謂左右臣曰：「鋹好工巧，習以成性，儻能以習巧之勤移於治國，豈至滅亡哉！」
Taizu displayed the work to the palace officials, who were all struck with wonder. He paid one million five hundred thousand cash for it and told his attendants, "Chang loves craftsmanship so deeply that it has become second nature to him. If he had applied that same diligence to governing his state, how could he have fallen?"
太祖嘗乘肩輿從十數騎幸講武池，從官未集，鋹先至，賜鋹卮酒。
Once Taizu went in a sedan chair with a dozen mounted attendants to the Drill Pool. His retinue had not yet gathered when Chang arrived ahead of them, and Taizu offered him a cup of wine.
太祖笑曰：「朕推心於人腹，安有此事！」
Taizu laughed and said, "I give men my full trust — how could I do such a thing!"