[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102) › 12.34 # 弘明集 12.34 弘明集 12.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.34) 尚書令冠軍撫軍都鄉侯臣充。散騎常侍左僕射長平伯臣翌。散騎常侍右僕射建安伯臣恢。尚書關中侯臣懷守。尚書昌安子臣廣等言。世祖武皇帝以盛明革命肅祖明皇帝聰聖玄覽。豈于時沙門不易屈膝。顧以不變其修善之法。所以通天下之志也。愚謂宜遵承先帝故事。於義為長。庾氷重諷旨。謂應盡敬。為晉成帝作詔。 > Your subjects, He Chong, Prefect of the Masters of Writing, Champion General, Pacifying Army, and District Marquis; Chu Yi, Cavalier Regular Attendant, Left Vice Director, and Earl of Changping; Zhuge Hui, Cavalier Regular Attendant, Right Vice Director, and Earl of Jian'an; Feng Huai, Master of Writing, Intendant, and Marquis within the Passes; and Xie Guang, Master of Writing and Viscount of Chang'an, say: Emperor Wu, the Martial Ancestor, changed the mandate through his flourishing brilliance; Emperor Ming, the Solemn Ancestor, was sagely intelligent and had profound insight. Could it be that at that time it was not easy to make śramaṇas bend their knees? Rather, it was out of consideration not to change their method of cultivating the good, thereby penetrating the will of all under heaven. We foolishly maintain that it is appropriate to adhere to and inherit the precedents of the late emperors, which is superior in principle. Yu Bing again insinuated his intent, maintaining that they should pay full homage, and drafted a decree for Emperor Cheng of Jin: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.33) - [Next: 12.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.35) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102~en-mt.12.34) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [集沙門不應拜俗等事](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.1.17) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.34) · Pramāṇa