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Book of Chen, Chapter 10 Volume 10: Zhou Tiehu; Cheng Lingxi · 8 passages
高祖誅僧辯，鐵虎率所部降，因復其本職。
When the Founder killed Sengbian, Tiehu surrendered with his command and was restored to his former post.
高祖聞之，下詔曰：「天地之寶，所貴曰生，形魄之徒，所重唯命。
When the Founder heard, he issued an edict: "Heaven and earth treasure life above all; among mortal men nothing weighs like a single fate.
宜仰陪壖寢，恭頒饗奠，可配食高祖廟庭。」
Let him attend the Founder's mound and receive sacrifice with reverence, and share offerings in the Founder's temple."
荊州陷沒，歸于高祖。
When Jingzhou fell he submitted to the Founder.
高祖誅僧辯，靈洗率所領來援，其徒力戰於石頭西門，[1]軍不利，遣使招諭，久之乃降，高祖深義之。
When the Founder killed Sengbian, Lingxi marched to his aid. His men fought hard at Shitou's western gate. [1] The battle went against them. Messengers were sent to summon and persuade him; only after long delay did he yield. The Founder held his conduct in high esteem.
高祖崩，王琳前軍東下，靈洗於南陵破之，虜其兵士，并獲青龍十餘乘。
When the Founder died, Wang Lin's vanguard marched east. Lingxi broke it at Nanling, took its troops prisoner, and seized more than ten green-dragon coaches.
太建四年，詔配享高祖廟庭。
In the fourth year of Taijian (572) an edict ordered him to share offerings in the Founder's temple.
靈洗與周文育、侯安都等敗於沌口，為王琳所執，高祖召陷賊諸將子弟厚遇之，文季最有禮容，深為高祖所賞。
When Lingxi, Wenyü, and Hou Andu were beaten at Dankou and held by Wang Lin, the Founder summoned the sons of captured generals and treated them well. Wenji bore himself best and won the Founder's deep regard.