弘明集 12.34

12.34

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: