《旧五代史·后唐·庄宗纪八》
不久敌军焚烧兴教门，翻过城墙而入，登上宫墙呼叫，庄宗带领亲军格斗，杀死乱兵数百。突然庄宗被流矢射中，中午，在绛霄殿廊下驾崩，享年四十三岁。
《东都事略·符彦卿传》云：郭从谦之乱，庄宗左右皆引去，惟彦卿力战，杀十余人。庄宗崩，彦卿恸哭而去。
Shortly afterwards, the enemy burnt down the Xingjiao Gate, climbed over the city wall and entered the palace grounds. They shouted from the palace wall, and Emperor Zhuangzong led the imperial guards into battle, killing hundreds of rebels. Emperor Zhuangzong was suddenly hit by a stray arrow, and at noon died in the corridor of the Jiangxiao Hall. He was forty-three when he died.