Edit the English: 太祖 (paragraph 222)
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乾德改元，先諭宰相曰：「年號須擇前代所未有者。」三年，蜀平，蜀宮人入內，帝見其鏡背有志「乾德四年鑄」者，召竇儀等詰之。儀對曰：「此必蜀物，蜀主嘗有此號。」乃大喜曰：「作相須讀書人。」由是大重儒者。
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Before the reign title was changed to Qiande, he told the chief ministers in advance: "The reign title must be chosen from among those that no former age has used." In the third year, when Shu was pacified and palace women of Shu entered the inner palace, the emperor saw on the back of one of their mirrors the inscription "Cast in the fourth year of Qiande", and he summoned Dou Yi and others to question them. Yi replied: "This must be a thing from Shu; the ruler of Shu once had this reign title." The emperor was greatly pleased and said: "A chief minister must be a man who reads books." From then on he greatly valued Confucian scholars.