《真武靈應真君增上佑聖尊號冊文》

This is the imperial edict issued by Emperor Huizong of Song in the second year of Daguan reign (1108 CE) to confer an elevated honorific title upon the Perfected Warrior Emperor (Zhenwu Dadi). The main content reads as follows:

With utmost reverence, the Emperor respectfully declares: The supreme Perfected Warrior Emperor protects all under heaven, guarding the northern realm. This great divine general manifests his true form, responding to all beings. Your mysterious De (Virtue) shelters myriad nations - as the Perfected Lord of Numinous Response, you correspond to the Xu and Wei lunar mansions among the Twenty-Eight Constellations. Your sacred form uniting turtle and serpent embodies profound Daoist mysteries beyond description, your majestic efficacy governing all creation. You traverse the four directions of heaven and earth, perceiving the formless, rewarding good and punishing evil while sheltering all living beings.

For one hundred fifty years since our Great Song Dynasty received the Mandate of Heaven, through my own succession to the throne, no petition has gone unanswered, no wish unfulfilled. Now spirits and humans dwell in peace, the four seas are tranquil, disasters do not arise, and auspicious signs frequently appear. Such an era of great peace could not have been achieved without Your Lordship's subtle guidance. Therefore, we must elevate your honorific title in gratitude.

We specially dispatch Yu Shen - Court Gentleman for Promoted Service, Acting Minister of Personnel and Reader-in-Waiting, Compiler of the Veritable Records, granted the purple-gold fish pouch - to present this edict conferring the new title "Perfected Lord of Numinous Response, the Sage-Protecting Perfected Warrior." This investiture ceremony is solemn and sacred. With utmost sincerity we have prepared the rituals and composed this document, humbly requesting Your Lordship's clear discernment and gracious bestowal of blessings.

(Note: "Xu and Wei lunar mansions" refer to the Xu and Wei constellations among the northern asterisms; "turtle-serpent form" denotes the classic iconography of Zhenwu Dadi combining these two creatures; the "purple-gold fish pouch" was an honorific insignia worn by high-ranking Song officials)