高僧傳 11.32

11.32

時魏虜拓跋燾僣據平城，軍侵涼境。燾舅陽平王社，請高同還偽都。既達平城，大流禪化。偽太子拓跋晃事高為師。晃一時被讒，為父所疑，乃告高曰：「空羅抂苦，何由得脫？」高令作金光明齋。七日懇懺，燾乃夢見其祖及父，皆執劍烈威，問汝何故信讒言，抂疑太子？燾驚覺，大集群臣，告以所夢。諸臣咸言，太子無過，實如皇靈降誥。燾於太子無復疑焉。蓋高誠感之力也。燾因下書曰：「朕承祖宗重光之緒，思闡洪基，恢隆萬代。武功雖昭，而文教未暢，非所以崇太平之治也。今者域內安逸，百姓富昌，宜定制度，為萬世之法。夫陰陽有往復，四時有代序。授子任賢，安全相付，所以休息疲勞，式固長久。古今不易之令典也。朕諸功臣，勤勞日久，當致仕歸第，雍容高爵，頤神養壽，論道陳謨而已。不須復親有司苦劇之職。其令皇太子副理萬機，總統百揆，更舉良賢，以備列職，擇人授任，而黜陟之。故孔子曰，後生可畏。焉知來者之不如今？」於是朝士庶民皆稱臣於太子。上書如表，以白紙為別。

At that time, the Wei barbarian Tuoba Tao unlawfully occupied Pingcheng and sent troops to invade the borders of Liang. Tao's maternal uncle, She, King of Yangping, invited Gao to return with him to the illegitimate capital. Arriving in Pingcheng, he widely propagated the transformation of dhyāna. The illegitimate crown prince, Tuoba Huang, served Gao as his master. Once, Huang was slandered and suspected by his father, so he said to Gao, "I am falsely entrapped in distress; how can I be freed?" Gao told him to hold a Suvarṇaprabhāsa fast. After seven days of earnest repentance, Tao dreamed that his grandfather and father, both brandishing swords with fierce majesty, asked him, "Why do you believe slanderous words and falsely suspect the crown prince?" Tao woke up in alarm, gathered all his ministers, and recounted his dream. The ministers all said that the crown prince was blameless and that it was truly as the imperial ancestral spirits had declared. Tao no longer doubted the crown prince. This was indeed the power of Gao's sincere resonance. Tao therefore issued an edict, saying: "We have inherited the glorious line of our ancestors and desire to expand the great foundation and make it flourish for ten thousand generations. Although military achievements are manifest, civil teachings are not yet widespread, which is not the way to exalt the governance of Great Peace. Now that the realm is at peace and the common people are prosperous, we should establish institutions to serve as laws for ten thousand generations. The yin and yang alternate, and the four seasons follow in succession. Entrusting the son and appointing the worthy, and handing over the state safely, is the way to rest from toil and firmly secure longevity; this is an unchanging canonical rule of past and present. Our meritorious ministers have laboured long and hard; they should retire from office and return to their estates, leisurely enjoying their high nobility, nurturing their spirits and prolonging their years, merely discussing the Way and offering counsel. They need no longer attend in person to the strenuous duties of official posts. Let the Crown Prince assist in managing the myriad affairs of state, oversee all administrative offices, select more of the worthy and capable to fill the various posts, choose people for office, and oversee their promotions and demotions. Therefore Confucius said, 'The young are to be held in awe. How do we know that those who come after us will not equal us now?'" Thereupon the court officials and commoners all declared themselves subjects to the crown prince. Memorials submitted were like petitions, distinguished by the use of white paper.