《明史·列传·卷五十二》
若不是邸王继承帝统，国家有年长者为君，那么祸乱怎能平定，太上皇怎能返回。
使非郕王继统，国有长君，则祸乱何由平、鉴舆何由返？
If the Emperor of the 邸 had not inherited the imperial line, and the country had an elder as its sovereign, then how could the disaster have been pacified, and how could the Retired Emperor have returned?