Chapter 8 The upper part of the documentary of the Shihu (Stone(33)
Zhao Zuoxiao later ordered Cheng Gong Duan to install a small court liao lighting at the end of the pole, which was more than ten feet high. The top plate was filled with candle liao and the bottom plate was filled with people. Shi Hu, later king of Zhao, liked it very much after trying it out.
In the third year of Xiankang (337), on the day of the Gengchen of the first month, more than five hundred civil and military officials, such as Kui 'an, the later Zhao Taibao, went in to request that Shihu to receive the title of emperor. But an accident occurred, the upper pan of the lamp lost balance and poured oil into the lower pan, resulting in more than twenty deaths. Shi Hu, the king of Later Zhao, hated this accident and asked people to kill Chen Gongduan.
Then on the third day of the first month, Shi Hu was proclaimed King of Zhao according to the rules of Shang and Zhou. He ascended the throne in the southern suburbs and granted a general amnesty. He made Queen Zheng the Empress of Heaven, and crown prince Shi Sui the crown prince of Heaven. All the sons who had been kings were reduced to county princes and all the sons who had been kings were reduced to county princes. All officials and knighthoods had their differences.
In the third year of Xiankang (337), on the day of the Gengchen of the first month, more than five hundred civil and military officials, such as Kui 'an, the later Zhao Taibao, went in to request that Shihu to receive the title of emperor. But an accident occurred, the upper pan of the lamp lost balance and poured oil into the lower pan, resulting in more than twenty deaths. Shi Hu, the king of Later Zhao, hated this accident and asked people to kill Chen Gongduan.
Then on the third day of the first month, Shi Hu was proclaimed King of Zhao according to the rules of Shang and Zhou. He ascended the throne in the southern suburbs and granted a general amnesty. He made Queen Zheng the Empress of Heaven, and crown prince Shi Sui the crown prince of Heaven. All the sons who had been kings were reduced to county princes and all the sons who had been kings were reduced to county princes. All officials and knighthoods had their differences.