Dispatch making Lü Yongzhi concurrently chief military commandant of Shanyang呂用之兼管山陽都知兵馬使
1Be generous and you win the multitude; be trusted and men give you their charge
牒奉處分。仲尼云寬則得衆。信則任人焉。嘗聆斯語。今見其人。前件官慶襲玉璜。業精金版。遵直道而利有攸往。奉公家而知無不爲。是以晉作新軍。權資處右。齊行勇爵。衆許居先。乃裨察俗之規。動叶安民之策。遂得晨羊罷飮。夜犬停喧。永除奸濫之源。深得撫綏之道。今以屬城多難。散卒無依。窮猿旣切於投林。飛鳥猶思於擇木。群情所附。戎略可嘉。俾安其貿貿然來。實倚其多多益辦。無辭兩役。用展長才。事須兼充山陽軍都知兵馬使。
This dispatch carries out the decision handed down. Confucius said, "Be generous and you win the multitude. Be trusted and men give you their charge." Those words were heard long ago, and now the man himself is seen. The officer named above carries on the blessing of the jade pendant, and his work is skilled in the golden tablets. He follows the straight way, so it profits him to go forward. He serves the public house, and knowing a thing, he leaves nothing undone. Therefore, when Jin raised its new army, he had the standing to hold the right-hand place, and when Qi granted ranks for valor, the crowd allowed him the front. He has helped the rules that look into local custom, and his every move has matched the plans that keep the people at peace. So the morning sheep left off their drinking and the night dogs left off their clamor. He has rooted out for good the source of crooked and lawless dealing, and has fully gained the way of soothing and settling. Now the subject towns have many troubles, and the scattered soldiers have nothing to lean on. The cornered ape is desperate to throw himself into the woods, and the flying bird still thinks of choosing its tree. The hearts of the crowd turn to him, and his grasp of war deserves praise. To settle those who come in their bewilderment, we lean indeed on the man who does the better the more he has to handle. Do not refuse the double duty. Unfold your rare gifts. This matter must be a concurrent appointment as chief military commandant of the Shanyang army.
Interlinear notes 1
Lü Shang, fishing at Panxi, is said to have found a jade pendant and later aided the house of Zhou. The allusion is drawn because the recipient bears the surname Lü. — translator