釋鑑稽古略續集 3.10

3.10

In the xisi year, the third year of Jianwen [1401], the Yan troops were defeated at Dongchang. Earlier, when the Pacifying the Distress troops arose, Daoyan had said, 'When the army sets out, it will surely conquer; it will only take two suns [days].' When it reached this point, he said, 'I had already said before that two suns [日] make the character chang [昌]. From this point on, there will be complete victory.' In the second month, Emperor Wen ordered monks to conduct a Buddhist service to offer sacrifices for fallen soldiers such as Zhang Yu, personally composing the sacrificial address. In the third month, an edict banished Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng to the provinces, reprimanding them for failing in the trust reposed in them, and confiscating their estates to placate the people of Yan.