The histories criticize him for unrestrained debauchery.
Tips
history
Echoes the tradition of 汉·杨恽《报孙会宗书》, where unrestrained pleasure-seeking is condemned. Classical histories routinely use 荒淫无度 to explain the fall of decadent rulers.
register
Strongly pejorative and formal — belongs in historical writing, moral condemnation, or literary prose, not casual speech.
