廣弘明集 25.54

25.54

Previously, an imperial edict was received on the sixteenth day of the fourth month stating: 'It is intended that monks, nuns, Daoist priests, and Daoist nuns should pay obeisance to their sovereign and parents; fearing that this may run contrary to common sentiments, let the competent ministry deliberate upon it in detail and present a memorial.' The articles are presented as above; we humbly await the imperial decree.