Liu Yilong, Prince of Yidu, at Jiangling in Jingzhou, left Jiangling for Jiankang after being chosen to succeed the deposed Emperor Shao. (History of the Southern Dynasties (Nanshi), Annals 南史 卷2 景平2年 (文帝 즉위 직전))
Liu Yizhen, King of Lingling, was demoted to commoner, moved to Xin'an County, and killed there by an envoy sent by the ruling ministers. (Book of Song (Songshu), Annals 宋書 卷4 景平2年 2月)
By order of the Empress Dowager, the Shao Emperor was demoted to King of Yingyang, and it was decided to welcome Liu Yilong, King of Yidao. (Book of Song (Songshu), Annals 宋書 卷4 景平2年 5月)
Xu Xianzhi and others had Xing Antai, Secretary of the Zhongshu, murder the Shao Emperor at Jinchang Pavilion at age nineteen. (Book of Song (Songshu), Annals 宋書 卷4 景平2年 6月)
After the Shao Emperor was deposed, the officials, leading a provisional office, reached Jiangling where the King of Yidao was residing and presented the imperial seal to the new emperor. (Book of Song (Songshu), Annals 宋書 卷5 元嘉1年 7月)