勅修百丈清規 4.117

4.117

凡出班上香行香鳴鈸。維那出爐前向外偏立。揖住持上香（侍者捧合）次揖兩序。相朝而出。轉身問訊住持（謂之借香）然後上香（若聖節佛祖嗣法師忌。無借香問訊。有立班西堂。當先上香。或謂首座已出世。當先上香者非。蓋必與都寺同出班故也）。

Whenever they leave their rows to offer incense, during the circumambulation with incense the cymbals are struck. The karmadāna comes forward in front of the incense burner, stands obliquely facing outward, and bows to the abbot to offer incense (the attendant holding the box). Next he bows to the two ranks. They come forward facing each other, turn around, and greet the abbot with folded hands (this is called "borrowing incense"); only then do they offer incense. (If it is an imperial holiday, or the memorial day of the Buddhas, patriarchs, or the master who transmitted the Dharma, there is no greeting with folded hands to borrow incense. If there is a west hall elder standing in the rank, he should offer incense first. Some say that because the head seat has already appeared in the world, he should offer incense first; this is incorrect. This is because he must leave the row together with the prior.)