People in the Tang Dynasty valued telling one's fate, so the one written by Yan Zhenqing still exists. Wei Shu recorded a particularly typical incident in "Jixian Annotations", which is roughly paraphrased as follows: "In July of the 23rd year of Kaiyuan, the emperor issued an order to confer honorary titles on Prince Li Huang and the following kings, and ordered the prime minister and courtiers to People who are good at calligraphy went to Jixian Yuan to write personal petitions, so the prime ministers Zhang Jiuling, Pei Yaoqing, and Li Linfu, and the court officials including Taishi Xiao Song, Shangshu Li Hao, Shaobao Cui Lin, Huangmen Chen Xilie, Zhongshu Yan Tingzhi, and the Ministry of War. Thirteen people including the minister Zhang Jun, Taichang Wei Zhi, Jianyi Chu Tingjie, etc. each wrote a copy and put it into a silk bag and handed it into the palace. The emperor was overjoyed and rewarded the three prime ministers with three hundred pieces of silk each, and the other officials each wrote a copy. Each person has two hundred pieces of silk.”
According to the "Book of Tang", at that time, thirteen princes were awarded the title of Kaifu Yitong Sansi. On that day, hundreds of officials gathered to see him off, and the relevant departments set up curtains and played music. They were all appointed as subordinate officials of the palace, but the "Book of Tang" did not record the incident.
The confession is a letter used to grant officials in ancient times, similar to the appointment certificate in later generations. For the commoner Baishen, obtaining a confession is the same as becoming an immortal for a mortal. It is even more commemorative if it is written by a famous person. Today's appointment documents are very ordinary. The writing follows a standard template, and the most important thing is the official seal on it.
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The people of the Tang Dynasty paid homage again, so Yan Lugong wrote a letter to sue him, and there are still people who survive today. Wei Shu's "Notes on Jixian" records one incident in particular, which is published here: "In July of the 23rd year of Kaiyuan, Prince Rong, the prince of Zhijia, had been promoted to an official title, and he ordered the prime minister and court officials to go to Jixian Yuan So he wrote to the prime ministers Zhang Jiuling, Pei Yaoqing, and Li Linfu, and the court officials Xiao Taishi Song, Li Shangshuhao, Cui Shaobaolin, Chen Huangmen Xilie, Yan Zhongshu Tingzhi, Zhang Bingbujun, Wei Taichangzhi, and Chu Jianyi. Thirteen people, including Ting Ji, each wrote a passage and put it into the palace. Dayue gave him three hundred pieces of silk each, and each of the remaining officials had two hundred pieces. The king also granted the title of Kaifu Yitong to the three divisions, and issued an imperial edict to the East Palace and the Shangshu Province. On the previous day, hundreds of officials gathered to send them off, and some divisions provided tents and music. They all paid homage to the officials of the palace, but did not write anything about it.