集沙門不應拜俗等事 4.19

4.19

一比見官人承　詔不拜王師非是師賤下人乃以敬其王教出家僧眾染衣除髮異俗標形承佛綸言為國崇福君父致敬不禮其身僧為法衣不拜君父。

Second: Recently we see that officials who receive imperial edicts do not bow to the Royal Preceptor; this is not because the preceptor looks down on others, but because they revere the royal instructions. The renunciant saṃgha dye their robes and shave their hair, displaying a form different from worldly folk. They uphold the Buddha's decree and accumulate blessings for the state. If ruler and father pay homage, they do not bow to their physical bodies; the monks, for the sake of the Dharma robe, do not bow to the ruler and father.