釋鑑稽古略續集 1.92

1.92

In summer, the fourth month, the imperial grandson Temür ascended the throne and obtained the jade seal, which was inscribed: "Having received the Mandate of Heaven, may [the Emperor] live long and prosper forever." The Song retired scholar Xuanweng was over eighty years of age; imperial edicts bestowed upon him gold and silks, none of which he would accept, and he died at this time. Bayan was profound and calculating, skilled at decisive judgment; the generals revered him as a divine spirit, and he may be called a fine general of an era. When Shizu passed away, the hundred officials pulled themselves together to obey him. Grasping his sword, he stood upon the palace steps, set forth the ancestral instructions, proclaimed the valedictory decree, and explained the reasons for enthroning the Emperor. Both his words and expression were stern, so that the princes trembled in fear. He hurried to his position of obeisance, fully embodying the integrity and demeanor of a great minister. He died at this time. His official rank reached that of Grand Preceptor with the privilege of Opening an Office Equal in Honor to the Three Excellencies, Overseer of Important Affairs of the Military and State, and he was enfeoffed as Prince of Huai'an, with the posthumous name Zhongwu.