《元史·列传·卷九十五》
 我太祖肇开大业以来，世世出现英明的皇帝，代代都有能干的臣子。于是，扫荡群雄，国土扩及四海。但是，我们并没有专好杀人，凡是我的属国，都要裂土分封，让他们传之子孙的地方，何止万里。其实这一些人，哪一个又不是我们过去的劲敌呢？
制曰：我太祖皇帝肇开大业，圣圣相承，代有鸿勋，芟夷群雄，奄有四海，未尝专嗜杀也。凡属国列侯，分茅锡土，传祚子孙者，不啻万里，孰非向之勍敌哉。
Since the founding of our great cause by our Taizu, each generation has produced brilliant emperors, and each generation has had capable ministers. As a result, we have swept away the群雄, and our territory has expanded to the four seas. However, we have not been fond of killing. All of my vassal states will have their territories divided and enfeoffed. The places that will be passed down to their sons and grandsons will be more than ten thousand miles. In fact, which of these people were not our formidable enemies in the past?