維摩經略疏垂裕記 4.96

4.96

Second, manifesting upholding the correct Dharma. Regarding 'Holding fast to the laws of the realm': Master [Seng]zhao says: 'In foreign countries, the various local units all establish three elders. Those of virtue act as the law-enforcers, resolving village disputes and regulating old and young.' Jingming manifested executing secular laws to penetrate to the laws of the path. The current Master says 'upholding the laws of the realm,' while [Seng]zhao says 'resolving village disputes'; they differ slightly only in higher and lower. In this land during the Han dynasty, townships and villages each established three elders.