佛祖統紀 43.28

English (machine translation) 43.28

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43.28

The author remarks: Left and right are east and west. On the day of the sacrifice to Heaven in the suburbs, the reason Daoists stood on the left was that, following behind the court ranks, it was convenient for performing prostrations, so they were temporarily ordered to stand on the left. This was not a regular, standard rule. This explanation was heard from Wankong, who obtained it from an official of the Ministry of Rites.

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佛祖統紀 — 志磐, Classical Chinese