《明史·志·卷二十七》
四十多年，民众都永远欢乐。礼乐文章，垂法万代。圣德合于天地，清明如同日月，功绩超过千古，道义为百王之首。
四十馀年，民乐永熙，礼乐文章，垂宪万世，德合乾坤，明同日月，功超千古，道冠百王。
For more than forty years, the people were eternally happy. Ceremonial music and literature have spread the law for ten thousand generations. The holy virtue is in harmony with heaven and earth, and it is as clear as the sun and the moon. His achievements surpass those of the past thousand years, and his moral integrity is the foremost among the hundred kings.