釋鑑稽古略續集 2.204

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皇太孫即皇帝位。以明年為建文元年。大赦天下　太孫治喪禮。被髮哭踊。哀動左右。勅有司喪儀悉遵周禮。於是倣金藤遺制。前朝後殿左右角門。及西宮內寢各設座如生存。凡十一所有久不御者。即以香湯洒掃之。陳祖訓於東直殿。設重器於西直殿。京官四品以上。朝服執鉞。立於諸陛之上。自初十以至十六日。哭臨如禮。晝不飲勺水。夜不就枕簟。先是　太祖不豫。多暴怒遭譴戮者甚眾。太孫入侍事必躬承。服藥則親甞以進。去後則親扶以起。唾壺溺器之屬。靡不手提以獻。而愉色婉容藹然可掬　太祖氣已漸平多所全宥。當深更夜分。侍衛酣寢際。呼無不應。應無不起。蓋終夕未甞交睫也。太孫素豐腴。至是哀毀骨立矣。是日諸大臣迎之於大明門外。群臣百姓望見其毀瘠之容深墨之色。與哭泣之哀。莫不舉手加額。曰天子純孝。舉喁喁然。有至德之思焉　詔行三年喪　命齊泰黃子澄預參國事　命方孝孺為博士侍講　蹇義為吏部侍郎　夏原吉為戶部侍郎　徵江西處士楊士奇。為翰林院編纂官　張統為吏部尚書　熒惑守心。程濟通術數。上書言。北方兵起期在來年。

The Imperial Grandson ascended the imperial throne. The coming year was designated the first year of Jianwen, and a general amnesty was proclaimed throughout the realm. The Imperial Grandson conducted the funeral rites. With disheveled hair, he wept and leapt in grief, moving all around him. He decreed that the authorities follow the Rites of Zhou in every detail for the funerary ceremonies. Thereupon, imitating the legacy of the Golden Casket, seats were arranged in the front court, the rear hall, the left and right corner gates, and the bedchamber of the Western Palace just as when [the late Emperor] was alive. In all eleven locations, those that had long remained unused were sprinkled and swept with fragrant water. The Ancestral Instructions were displayed in the Eastern Straight Hall, and the heavy sacred vessels were set up in the Western Straight Hall. Capital officials of the fourth rank and above wore court robes and held battle-axes, standing upon the various palace steps. From the tenth day until the sixteenth day, they wailed in mourning according to ritual. By day he did not drink a single ladle of water, and by night he did not retire to his pillow or mat. Prior to this, when Taizu was indisposed, he frequently fell into violent rages, and very many suffered reprimand or execution. Whenever the Imperial Grandson entered to attend upon him, he personally performed every task. When medicine was taken, he personally tasted it before offering it; after [the Emperor] used the privy, he personally supported him as he arose. Such things as spittoons and chamber pots he never failed to carry in his own hands to present, his pleasant expression and gentle countenance brimming with warmth. Taizu's temper gradually subsided, and many were spared and pardoned. Late at night, in the middle of the third watch, when the bodyguards were in deep slumber, if [the Emperor] called he never failed to answer, and answering he never failed to rise; indeed, through the entire night he never closed his eyes. The Imperial Grandson had always been stout, but by this time he was wasted by grief to mere skin and bones. On this day, the ministers welcomed him outside the Daming Gate. Seeing his emaciated appearance, his deep mourning pallor, and the grief of his weeping, the officials and commoners all raised their hands to their foreheads and said, 'The Son of Heaven is purely filial!' All voiced acclaim, moved by his utmost virtue. An edict was issued to observe the three-year mourning. Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng were commanded to participate in affairs of state. Fang Xiaoru was appointed Erudite and Reader-in-Waiting, Jian Yi as Vice Minister of Personnel, and Xia Yuanji as Vice Minister of Revenue. The Jiangxi recluse Yang Shiqi was summoned to serve as Compiler in the Hanlin Academy, and Zhang Tong as Minister of Personnel. Mars guarded the Heart mansion. Cheng Ji, who was versed in occult arts, submitted a memorial saying, 'Troops will arise in the north, scheduled for the coming year.'