《明史·志·卷二十四》
太祖谦让不允许，亲自写下祭文告祭太庙说： 历代据有天下的帝王，都以祖先配祀上天。
太祖谦让不许，亲为文告太庙曰： 历代有天下者，皆以祖配天。
The Taizu humbly refused to allow it, and personally wrote a sacrificial text to the Taimiao Temple, saying: "The emperors of all generations who have possessed the world have all used their ancestors to accompany the sacrifice to heaven."