《明史·志·卷二十五》
洪武二年听从礼部尚书崔亮的提议，在圜丘坛颁外的东方及方丘堰外的西方建天下神只坛。
洪武二年，从礼部尚书崔亮言，建天下神祇坛于圆丘壝外之东，及方丘壝外之西。
In 1369, the emperor acted on the advice of Cui Liang, the Minister of Rites, and built the Altar to the Deities of Heaven and Earth to the east of the Altar to Heaven and the west of the Altar to Earth.