A Memorial of Thanks to the Mongol Emperor謝蒙古皇帝表
云云。小邦無罪。久罹強寇之侵凌。大聖應期。特遣神兵而汛掃。恩靈所及。疲瘵同蘇。伏念世承箕子之封。地攝契丹之壤。曾未有與我釋憾之故。柰今擧如此無名之兵。闌入封疆。大殘人物。顧蜂毒之尙甚。出虎旅以莫除。豈謂皇帝陛下義篤恤隣。仁深字小。勅降鷹揚之衆。克平蟻聚之徒。僞王自斃於城中。餘黨悉降於鉞下。函生再活。擧國讙呼。臣敢不祝天壽之無疆。少酬萬一。述臣職而嚮內。罔有二三云云。
And so forth. Our small country was without fault, and yet we long suffered the raiding and contempt of strong brigands. The great sage answered to the time and sent his divine army in particular to sweep them away. Where his kindness and divine power reached, the worn and the sick came to life together.
I prostrate myself and consider that we have carried on the enfeoffment of Gija (箕子) generation after generation, and our land borders upon the land of the Khitan. There was never a grudge between us that needed loosing — how then have they now raised an army without a name, entered our borders at will, and greatly harmed our men and our goods? Looking back, the wasps' poison was the stronger, and though we sent out tigerlike troops we could not do away with them.
How should we have known that Your Imperial Majesty's righteousness in caring for a neighbor is so thick, and your benevolence in loving a small country so deep? You sent down a company that darts like hawks, and were able to put down that rabble gathered like ants. The false ruler died of himself within the fortress, and the rest surrendered beneath the axe to a man. Lives that were doomed have come to life again, and the whole country cried out in joy.
How should your servant not dare pray that your heavenlike years be without end, and so repay one part in ten thousand? I shall keep the duty of a subject and face inward, and shall hold no second or third heart. And so forth.
Interlinear notes 1
不行
In fact it was not sent.