勅修百丈清規 4.78

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有處住持不先和會。默擇人定。預分付堂司行者。於僧堂。早粥罷掛鉢時。喝云（大眾少立請新知事）維那入聖僧前燒香巡堂一匝。至住持前問訊側立。住持付所請人名目子。接訖當面問訊。從聖僧後轉。鳴椎一下云（白大眾。適奉堂頭和尚慈旨。請某人充某知事）逐一白訖。侍者揖請新人至住持前受職。與前禮同。曰方丈會茶。請頭首禮並同前。

In some places, the abbot does not confer beforehand, but silently selects the persons firmly. He instructs the hall office postulant in advance to call out in the Sangha hall when the morning gruel is finished and the bowls are being hung: "May the great assembly stand a moment to invite the new administrators!" The karmadāna enters before the Sacred Monk, burns incense, and circumambulates the hall once. He comes before the abbot, greets him with folded hands, and stands to the side. The abbot hands him the list of invited persons. Having received it, he greets him face to face with folded hands, passes behind the Sacred Monk, strikes the mallet once, and says: "Notice to the great assembly: just now, receiving the hall head upādhyāya's compassionate directive, So-and-so is invited to serve as such-and-such an administrator." Having announced each one, the attendant bows to invite the new appointees before the abbot to receive office, the rite being the same as before. Meeting for tea in the abbot's quarters and the rite of inviting prefects are both identical to the preceding.