虛堂和尚語錄 3.17

3.17

次拈香云：「此一瓣香，爇向爐中，奉為判府制帥、集撰侍郎，洎郡縣文武官僚，增崇祿算，伏願柱石邦家，金湯祖道。」

Next he held up incense and said: "This piece of incense, burnt in the censer, is offered for the Prefect and Defense Commissioner, the Vice Minister of the Hanlin Academician, together with the civil and military officials of the commanderies and counties, to enhance their emoluments and lifespan. I humbly pray that they serve as pillars and foundation stones to the state, and as a metal wall and boiling moat to the ancestral way."