弘明集 12.47

12.47

沙門抗禮至尊。正自是情所不安。一代大事。宜共論盡之。今與八座書。向已送都。今付此信。君是宜任此理者。遲聞德音。

The śramaṇas matching rituals with the Supreme Sovereign is precisely what is unsettling to human feelings. As a great matter of an era, we should discuss it thoroughly together. The letter to the Eight Ministers has just been dispatched to the capital. Now I send this with this courier. You are someone suitable to undertake this principle; I await hearing your virtuous voice.