勅修百丈清規 4.84

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The guest-inviting attendant directs the guest prefect postulant to prepare the tray, cloth, censer, and candles, go to the quarters of the new and former front hall head seats, burn incense, make one prostration touching the mat, and report, saying, "The hall head upādhyāya invites you before the evening gathering to proceed to the sleeping quarters for a special offering of hot water." Next, before the new and former chief priors, he burns incense without making a prostration; the spoken words are the same as before. The remaining members of the new and former two ranks are invited by the guest prefect sequentially. Retired officers are also invited to grace the company. Hangings are set up in the sleeping quarters, and the seats are arranged. The accompanying guests sit opposite: the new prefects in the first rank, the new administrators in the second rank, the former prefects in the third rank, and the former administrators in the fourth rank. The other retired officers participating as accompanying guests are arrayed along both sides of host and companions, the western rank on the left and the eastern rank on the right. The incense-burning attendant arranges the seat-name plaques in advance. When the time comes, the drum is struck. The guests gather, and the attendant performs the protocol together with the guest-inviting attendant. (The protocol for the hot water in the minor seat is the same.) In the evening there is hot water and fruit. The next day, after the congee, he invites the new and former persons to tea. The monastery storehouse also invites them to tea, but they cannot attend; after attending the abbot's quarters' tea, they go there to express their thanks. At midday mealtime, the monastery storehouse provides refreshments and still supervises, sending congee and rice to the former officers for three days.