A memorial of congratulation on the execution of Qian Neng the grass bandit賀處斬草賊阡能表
1Gao Renhou takes Qian Neng
臣某言：得進奏院狀報，西川都將高仁厚部領兵馬收捉草賊阡能，已於十月十八日並處置訖。二十一日聖駕出羅城北樓，宣慰回戈將士，各賜優賞放歸本營者。遠耀日旗，高張天網，梟帥已歸於大戮，鴻圖永耀於中興。臣某誠歡誠忭、頓首頓首。臣伏以草賊阡能跡陷迷津，心辜聖澤，短狐稔射人之毒，瘛狗喧吠主之聲。高仁厚逐惡志雄，擒姦氣勇，仰資睿略，靜剗兇徒，伏惟皇帝陛下有罪必誅，無思不服，歌采薇而遣卒，念破竹之成功，親降如綸之言，遍安被練之卒。妖氛息而綿山益翠，喜氣浮而錦水先春，自此遠振軍聲，深摧寇黨，覆頑巢而在即，回法駕以何遙。臣方事專徵，先聆吉語，限拘藩鎮，不獲稱慶行在，無任踴躍屏營之至。謹奉表陳賀以聞，臣某誠歡誠喜、頓首頓首。謹言。
Your servant So-and-so speaks. A report has come from the court liaison office, saying that Gao Renhou, commander of Xichuan, led out the horse and foot and seized Qian Neng the grass bandit, and that on the eighteenth day of the tenth month all of them were dealt with and done away, and that on the twenty first day the holy carriage came out to the north tower of the outer wall, and the emperor gave comfort to the officers and men who had turned their halberds home, and bestowed a rich reward upon each and sent them back to their own camps. The banner of the sun shines afar and the net of heaven is spread on high. The chieftain whose head was hung has come to his great killing, and the great design shines forever in the restoration. Your servant So-and-so is truly glad and truly claps his hands, bowing his head to the ground, bowing his head to the ground. Your servant humbly considers that Qian Neng the grass bandit sank his tracks in the ford of delusion and turned his heart from the holy favor, that he grew practiced in the poison of the water fox that shoots at men, and made the noise of the mad dog that barks at its master. Gao Renhou is firm in the purpose that drives out evil and bold in the spirit that seizes the wicked, and leaning upon the holy strategy he pared away the savage crowd in quiet. Your servant humbly considers that Your Majesty cuts down all who are guilty and that there is none who does not submit wherever your thought goes. He sings Gathering the Ferns and sends out his troops, and thinks of the merit that splits bamboo, and himself has sent down words like the imperial word, and set at rest all the trained soldiers. The uncanny air has ceased, and Mount Mian is greener than before. A glad air floats, and the spring comes first to the Jin river. From this time the sound of the army will be shaken out afar and the bands of the bandits will be broken deep, and the day when their stubborn nest is overturned is close at hand. How then could the day be far off when the imperial carriage turns back? Your servant is now charged with the campaign alone and has heard the good word first, yet he is bound to his frontier command and cannot offer his congratulation at your traveling palace, and he cannot bear the utmost of his leaping and his dread. He respectfully sends up this memorial to set forth his congratulation and make it heard. Your servant So-and-so is truly glad and truly joyful, bowing his head to the ground, bowing his head to the ground. Respectfully spoken.