釋鑑稽古略續集 2.160

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楊維禎。號鐵崖。戴方巾見上。上問。此巾何名。對曰。四方平定巾。上喜。彭友信以貢至京。遇上微行。口占紅霓詩云。誰把青紅線一條。和雲和雨繫天腰。命續之。友信應聲曰。玉皇昨夜鑾輿出。萬里長空駕玉橋。上大悅問其籍。命翌辰候於升橋同入朝。友信如言。候久不至。遂入朝。上召友信上殿前問故。具以實對。命為北平布政使。

Yang Weizhen, who had the style name Tieya, wore a square cap when he had an audience with the Emperor. The Emperor asked: "What is the name of this cap?" He replied: "The cap of the pacification of the four quarters." The Emperor was pleased. Peng Youxin arrived in the capital as a tributary. He encountered the Emperor traveling incognito, who composed an extempore poem on a red rainbow, saying: "Who took a single strand of blue and red thread / And tied it around heaven's waist along with the clouds and rain?" He ordered [Peng] to continue it. Youxin responded without hesitation: "The Jade Emperor went out last night in his imperial carriage; / Across the ten-thousand-li expanse of sky, he laid a jade bridge." The Emperor was greatly delighted, inquired about his native registry, and ordered him to wait at Sheng Bridge the next morning to enter the court together. Youxin did as he was told, but after waiting a long time [the Emperor] did not arrive, so he proceeded into court. The Emperor summoned Youxin before the hall and asked the reason. He reported everything truthfully, and was appointed Administration Commissioner of Beiping.