And after Liu Xiu became emperor, he often used prophecies to decide controversial issues or matters over which he was undecided, and later even "proclaimed [a set of] prophecies to the nation."
而劉秀當上皇帝後也常常以讖來決定一些紛爭和猶豫不決的事，後來甚至「頒佈圖讖於天下」。