勅修百丈清規 1.78

1.78

國有禘袷四時之祭。所以昭功德隆本始重繼嗣也。聖朝崇佛。

The state has the ancestral sacrifices of the di and xia across the four seasons, by which it illuminates meritorious deeds, honors the origin and beginning, and values succession. The holy dynasty reveres Buddhism.