勅修百丈清規 4.4

4.4

兩序之設為眾辦事。而因以提綱唱道。黼黻宗猷。至若司帑庾歷庶務。世出世法無不閑習。然後據位稱師臨眾馭物。則全體備用所謂成己而成人者也。古猶東西易位而交職之。不以班資崇卑為謙。今岐而二之非也。甚而黨鬪。強弱異勢至不相容者有矣。惟主者申祖訓以戒之。欲其無爭。必慎擇所任。使各當其職人無間言可也。

The establishment of the two ranks is to manage affairs for the community, and thereby to uphold the fundamentals, proclaim the Way, and embellish the ancestral teaching. As for managing the storehouses and overseeing the various affairs, there are none among the mundane and supramundane dharmas in which they are not thoroughly versed. Only then can they occupy the position, be called teachers, oversee the community, and manage things; this is the complete embodiment of functions, what is called fulfilling oneself and fulfilling others. In ancient times, the eastern and western ranks would exchange places and trade duties, not holding the seniority or hierarchy of ranks to be beneath them. Nowadays, dividing them into two separate camps is wrong. It has even come to factional fighting, with differing power dynamics between the strong and weak leading to mutual intolerance. Only when the leader invokes the ancestral admonitions to warn them, desiring that there be no contention, must he prudently choose those appointed, ensuring each fits their duty so that people have no ground for complaint.