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降靈川嶽。稟和純粹。山庭反宇冥符佐旗之德。龜文河目。天挺命世之姿。孝表率由。忠為令則。溫恭寬裕之性。簡文遠大之才。治國隆家之道。匡世濟時之略。謇謇有周捨之氣。肅肅懷管仲之風。十亂無以加。三傑莫能擬。股肱良哉斯之謂也。然而迴向法本崇奉釋門。捨其第居傾竭堂宇仍充金地即構寶坊。月殿金人蓮臺華蓋。種種嚴麗事事光新。

A spirit sent down from the sacred peaks and rivers, he was endowed with harmony and purity. His mountain-like brow and upturned temples invisibly matched the virtue of the Standard-bearer Star; with a tortoise-shell chest and river-like eyes, he was naturally blessed with the bearing of one ordained to guide his era. In filial piety he exemplified following the right course; in loyalty he served as a fine standard. He had a gentle, reverent, magnanimous, and generous nature, and the vast, far-reaching talent of Emperor Jianwen; he had the ways to govern a state and exalt a house, and the strategies to correct the world and rescue his era. In stern candor he showed the spirit of Zhou She; in dignified serenity he harbored the style of Guan Zhong. The Ten Capable Ministers could not surpass him, nor could the Three Heroes rival him. 'Verily, his legs and arms were excellent'—this truly applied to him! Yet he directed his merits toward the root of the Dharma and venerated the Buddhist school. He renounced his residence and offered up all its halls, converting it into a golden ground and immediately erecting a jewel-like monastery. There were moon-halls and golden statues, lotus pedestals and flower canopies; various and ornate were its splendors, and every single thing was freshly luminous.