弘明集 7.9

7.9

The treatise says: 'Holding tablets, kneeling, and bowing low is the respect of the royal domain; the fox squat and dog crouch are the reverent postures of the wild outlying regions.' I doubt this, saying: When states differ and customs are separated, outward forms are naturally hard to homogenize. As for each finding what gives them peace, this has never been debated since antiquity. The deportment of the royal domain is as you have stated; but will the designations of fox and dog not cause harm alone?