Presentation Address, Recited Verse and Joined-Verse Tune (句合曲) of the Music Bureau at the Investiture Banquet for the Imperial Son and the Princess — Submitted by the Hallim Academy皇子公主封冊宴禮。敎坊致語口號句合曲。翰林奏呈。

A command has come down from Heaven, spreading rich favour upon the offspring of the imperial house, and wine has been set out to feast the guests, opening a splendid banquet at the Gapgwan (甲觀). Joy brims over in the palace and gladness overflows the whole world. I humbly consider that His Majesty the Holy Sovereign is first in virtue among a hundred kings and higher in merit than the Three Dynasties (三代). Qian (乾) being the father and Kun (坤) the mother, he carries out in his own person the benevolence that covers and that bears up; getting a daughter from Xun (巽) and a son from Kan (坎), he sits and embraces the blessing of a flourishing line. Fine jade and gold being matched together, each taking the other's preciousness for its model, he sends down the casket figured with the iris and the jade clasp, and so performs the investiture.

I humbly consider that the newly invested Yeonggong (令公, His Lordship) has filial duty and reverence welling up from his heart, and keenness of mind for his inborn nature. Early devoted to the learning of books, day by day he built up the twenty radiant precincts; and at last, succeeding to the glory of office, he has received the five hundred li of the royal domain (甸服). His light goes forth in the ward of the royal kinsmen and his fame hangs about the fences of the marquises.

I humbly consider that the newly invested Princess □□□□□□□□□□ entered the house and showed the portent of an early birth; and though the white moon is in the sky, it is hard to compare it with her form at the full. Suddenly bathed in the king's regard, she has reverently received the praise engraved in bronze.

I humbly consider that the Chancellor serving as Deputy Envoy (使副) had the vigorous essence of the mountains sent down into him, and that men look up to a repute as weighty as rock. The worthy are the treasure of the state, and all such have become ministers who take the handle in hand and are put to use; and the king, saying 「Go you」, has specially given him the command to add the investiture.

I humbly consider that the Yeonggong who partners the banquet has his branch joined to the Milky Way and carries on the splendour of the hawthorn blossom. Girt with the camel-knobbed seal of the Western Han (西漢), he is correct in his advancing and withdrawing; spreading the ivory mat of Dong'e (東阿), he forgets weariness in answering and attending.

I humbly consider that the officer So-and-so, charged with the Bestowing of Flowers (宣花) and the Reading of the Patent (讀冊), is most comely in his quiet composure, and has gained both high station and an easy freedom. Pressing out the spring light and spreading it, the dew-moistened form of it is soft and wet; and reading down the writing of Heaven, the ring of it is clear as struck metal.

This is truly a fine gathering of immortals, and guest and host may well rejoice together. Bearing the pendant headdress (步搖) and shaking out their two wings, the supple singing women (倡姬) form their ranks; playing the Yunhe zither (雲和) and blowing the solitary bamboo pipe, the sounds of the music of Heaven scatter clear and ringing. How much more now, when the fragrant grasses grow long and the flowers of every kind fly, when the bright wind swells and the mild air opens out. If we do not drink our fill, what shall we do with so fine a season? We have presumed to be numbered among the music officers (伶官) and so to see this splendid occasion. Our gladness is not spent in slapping our thighs, and our feeling is urgent to show itself of its own accord in words; so we have gathered the songs of the people besides, and offer up the recited verse.