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Yang Guang
楊廣
Yang Guang
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Emperor
Title
Emperor Yang
煬帝
Yangdi
Title
Prince of Henan
河南
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Prince of Jin
晉王
Personal name
Yang Guang
楊廣
Yang Guang
Identity
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History of the Northern Dynasties, Chapter 88 Volume 88 Biographies 76: Recluses · 11 passages
天子大悅，賜縑二百匹。
The emperor was greatly pleased and granted him two hundred bolts of silk.
帝曰：「不是。」
The emperor said: 'That is not it.'
帝曰：「是也。」
The emperor said: 'That is it.'
帝不善之，更令虞世基、許善心演為六百卷。
The emperor was displeased with it and ordered Yu Shiji and Xu Shanxin to expand it into six hundred volumes.
于時山東盜賊蜂起，帝令撫慰高陽、襄國，歸首者八百餘人。
At that time bandits rose like bees in the eastern provinces; the emperor ordered him to pacify Gaoyang and Xiangguo, and more than eight hundred surrendered.
宇文化及之弑帝也，引為著作郎，稱疾不起。
When Yuwen Huaji assassinated the emperor, Ze was appointed Compiler, but he pleaded illness and did not take up the post.
晉王廣鎮揚州，聞其名，手書召之曰：「夫道得眾妙，法體自然，包涵二儀，混成萬物，人能弘道，道不虛行。
Prince of Jin Yang Guang held Yangzhou and, hearing his name, personally wrote to summon him: 'The Way obtains the myriad subtleties; its law embodies nature, embraces the two principles, and blends to form the ten thousand things. Man can expand the Way, and the Way does not move in vain.
晉王將請受道法，則辭以時日不便。
The Prince of Jin was about to request instruction in the Way, but Ze declined on the grounds that the time was not suitable.
晉王下書曰：「天台真隱東海徐先生，虛確居宗，沖玄成德，齊物處外，檢行安身。
The Prince of Jin issued a letter: 'The true recluse of Mount Tiantai, Master Xu of Donghai, takes emptiness and certainty as his standard, forms virtue through pure mystery, aligns with things while standing apart, and restrains conduct to secure his person.
晉王聞而益異之，賵物千段，遣畫工圖其狀，令柳{巧言}為之贊。
The Prince of Jin, hearing this, was all the more astonished; he sent a thousand bolts of funeral goods, dispatched a painter to depict his likeness, and ordered Liu Bi to compose a eulogy.
時有建安宋玉泉、會稽孔道茂、丹陽王遠知等，亦行辟穀道，以松水自給，皆為煬帝所重。
At that time there were also Song Yuquan of Jian'an, Kong Daomao of Kuaiji, and Wang Yuanzhi of Danyang, who likewise practiced the Way of grain abstinence and sustained themselves on pine water—all were esteemed by Emperor Yang.