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This is called the “daily accounts” (ridan). > > There are other accounts, such as an account closed every tenth day (xun- > > dan), an account closed monthly (yuedan), and the annual account, inclu- > > sive of all others, that concerns the yearly revenues and expenditures. This > > last one is called zhihuangzongbu. There are other record books concerning > > rice, flour, and various flavoring materials (wuwei). These must be included > > in the abovementioned account books. > > In general, the temple’s properties and commodities, no matter how small, > > have to be shared by all the practitioners in the ten directions (i.e., all regions, > > everywhere). Therefore, unless an expenditure is required for the reception > > and send-off of special guests of honor, such as government officials and patron > > donors, or for those occasions of celebration in which all practitioners partic- > > ipate, one must refrain from expediting the public account or taking advan- > > tage of it. The treasury official is obliged to select subordinates, whether sen- > > ior or junior, who are alert and energetic in mind, skilled in calligraphy and > > accounting, and who are honest in nature and have integrity. Any items required > > for the sick must be provided at once. If the stores are damaged by sparrows > > and mice due to carelessness, or if rice and wheat grain become wet because > > of negligence, and if there are those who do not comply with the standard serv- > > ice for prompt supply of each of these items as well as for their careful preser- > > vation, the abbot is obliged to bring any such unfit personnel under his con- > > trol and thereby deal with them over the course of time. > > 4. The Kitchen Official > > The duty of this official is to prepare and serve the rice gruel in the morn- > > ing and the rice at the noon meal every day for the practitioners. In prepa- > > ration and serving, he must always maintain sanitary standards with utmost > > care. He must be resourceful in using available quantities of supplies and > > attentive to his workplace. He must also be thrifty about supplies belonging > > to the public (i.e., the monastic community) and never waste them through > > extravagance. Instructing the novice attendants to keep the rules, he must not allow them to become idle and negligent in matters of public action (i.e., serving food to the practitioners \[hangyi\]), or participating in physical labor (puqing). The kitchen official must treat farmworkers kindly, and at planting time, \[which requires heavy labor\], should give them some reward and equal benefit among themselves. At the morning and noon meals, he eats the same food in the kitchen hall as what is served to the practitioners in the practice hall. When the pails of gruel or rice are ready for transport, he must first burn incense and perform prostrations toward the practice hall before they are delivered. > > 5. The Maintenance and Construction Official > > The duty of this official is to handle all kinds of labor \[required for maintenance of the temple buildings\]. In general, he is obliged to carry out \[all necessary\] repairs and restoration from yearly damage and deterioration, such as roof leakage, that occur to the temple buildings and various resident quarters. Movable items, whether belonging to the household or otherwise, must always be checked against the inventory. Clerical and construction manpower must be calculated in regard to the degree of progress, so as to prevent idle workers, nonproductive food expenditure, robbing of the public fund, and damage to the temple institution. He must oversee security measures for the estate farms and cottages; the mills for grinding and hulling grain; the cattle, boats, and carts for transportation; and policing against fire, theft, and robbery. By sending messengers, reward and punishment must be properly accorded for the kinds of work done. Honest service and hard work must be especially rewarded. If there is a large-scale construction project, this official must appoint assisting members to help handle the matter. > > IV. Miscellaneous Duties > > 1. The Head Official of the > > Practitioners’ Quarters > > The duty of this head official is to manage the scriptures and household items for the practitioners’ quarters: to replenish tea, sweet hot water, fuel > > for their use, and also to oversee the cleaning of the quarters and the wash- > > ing of the towels for head-shaving. Every day after the morning rice gruel, > > a novice attendant of the tea master in charge of the tea serving (zhatou) > > strikes the wooden sounding block three times to signal the return of the > > practitioners to the practice hall. The associate head official of the quarters > > (liaochang) takes his seat symmetrically a little away from the head offi- > > cial in the same line, while the master of the first quarters (liaozhu) and the > > master of the second quarters (fuliao) take their seats to the right and left > > of the room, facing each other. The master of the second quarters steps for- > — Shohei Ichimura 2006, The Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations - [Previous: 4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.4.39) - [Next: 4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.4.41) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.4) ## Translations (2) - [The Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025~en-bdk.4.40) — Shohei Ichimura 2006, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025~en-mt.4.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.4.40) · Pramāṇa