[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) › [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103) › 25.56 # 廣弘明集 25.56 廣弘明集 25.56 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [25.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.25.56) 東臺若夫華裔列聖異軫而齊驅。中外裁風百慮而同致。自周霄隕照漢夢延輝。妙化西移惠流東被。至於玄牝邃旨碧落希聲。具開六順之基。偕叶五常之本。而於愛敬之地。忘乎跪拜之儀。其來永久罔革茲弊。朕席圖登政崇真導俗。凝襟解脫之津。陶思常名之境。正以尊親之道禮經之格言。孝友之義詩人之明准。豈可以絕塵峻範而忘恃怙之敬。拔累貞規迺遺溫清之序。前欲令道士女冠僧尼等致拜。將恐振駭恒心。爰俾詳定。有司咸引典據兼陳情理。沿革二塗紛綸相半。朕商搉群議沈研幽賾。然箕潁之風。高尚其事。遐想前載。故亦有之。今於君處勿須致拜。其父母所。慈育彌深。祇伏斯曠更將安設。自今已後即宜跪拜。主者施行龍朔二年六月八日。西臺侍郎弘文館學士輕車都尉臣上官儀宣。 > From the Eastern Chancellery (Dongtai): As the ancient sages of both the Central Lands and distant peripheries trod different paths to arrive at the same destination, the customs established within and without embraced varied thoughts yet attained the same end. From the time when the light fell from the heavens during the Zhou dynasty, to when the Emperor Han Mingdi dreamt of the radiating brightness, the wondrous transformation shifted westward and its favour flowed to cover the East. Coming to the deep meaning of the Mysterious Female and the rare sound of the azure heavens, they fully opened the foundations of the six accords and harmonised the fundamentals of the five constants. Yet in matters of love and respect, they discarded the rites of bowing and prostrating. This has been the case for long, and this defect has not been reformed. We have ascended the throne to govern, promoting truth and guiding common customs, focusing our mind on the crossing of liberation, and nurturing our thoughts in the realm of the constant name. Precisely because the way of honouring parents is a standard maxim of the ritual classics, and the duty of filial piety and fraternal respect is a clear criterion for the poets: how could one, through lofty standards of severing worldly ties, forget the reverence due to one's parents, or through upright regulations of transcending attachments, discard the sequence of keeping parents warm in winter and cool in summer? Previously, We intended that Daoist priests, Daoist nuns, Buddhist monks, and Buddhist nuns should pay obeisance, but fearing it would startle ordinary minds, We had the matter deliberated and decided. The officials have all cited classical precedents and also set forth human feelings and principles; the two paths of following tradition and instituting reform are entangled equally. We have weighed the various deliberations and deeply investigated the subtle mysteries. Indeed, the legacy of Mount Ji and the Ying River made lofty their aloofness; recalling earlier eras, such precedents indeed existed. Henceforth, before the sovereign, there is no need to pay obeisance. But before their parents, whose loving nurture is exceedingly profound, if prostrations are omitted, how could this be permitted? From now on, they should pay obeisance \[to their parents\]. Let the authorities execute this. The eighth day of the sixth month, the second year of the Longshuo era (662 CE). Proclaimed by Grand Master of Light-Duty (Qingche Duwei), Scholar of the Hongwen Academy, and Vice-Director of the Western Chancellery (Xitai Shilang), Official Shangguan Yi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 25.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.25.55) - [Next: 25.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.25.57) - [Up: 25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.25) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.25.56) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [集沙門不應拜俗等事](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.6.18) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.25.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.25.56) · Pramāṇa