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sagely era, received imperial support, and was thus able to promote the ancestral instructions and glorify the lineage tradition, allowing it to endure together with the state, everlasting and without end. Not only is he a model for the realm of today, but to the end of future time, all will have someone to rely on and inherit. I, Jin, have therefore carefully recorded this; as for the diligence of its planning and the beauty of its construction, I have no time to discuss them. The pavilion consists of five bays in room count; its height is one hundred and twenty feet; one-third of its height is taken as its depth, and three times its depth as its width. Work began in the summer, the sixth month of the first year of the Zhishun era, and was completed in the winter, the tenth month—which was indeed the year after Dehui came to reside on the mountain. Dehui had his imperial audience in the summer, the fifth month of the third year of the Yuantong era, and the decree was issued in the spring, the second month of the following year. Recorded by Huang Jin, Court Gentleman for Unto-duty, Erudite of the National University. Written by Jie Xisi, Hanlin Academician Waiting, Grand Master for Court Counsel, and Concurrent Compiler of the National History Academy. Seal-script title by Zhang Qiyan, Hanlin Academician Reader-in-waiting, Grand Master of Thorough Service, Drafter of Edicts, Co-Compiler of the National History, and Administrator of the Imperial Lecture. Jointly erected on stone by Zhao Shi'an, former Grand Master of Glorious Happiness and Vice Censor-in-chief, and Yishidong'a, Grand Master of Splendid Happiness and Grand Censor of the Various Circuits of Jiangnan.