集沙門不應拜俗等事 2.32

2.32

Fourth Memorial: Palace Attendant and Libationer, your subject Sizhi, says: We have repeatedly received the edict, stating: 'There are naturally those who promote both the inner and outer together.' The sacred intention is profound and pervasive; your Way crowns the hundred kings. Reading it prostrate, looking up with sighs of admiration, it is beyond what our foolish shallowness can grasp. Revering the sovereign and respecting the law are the duties of subjects; therefore we earnestly and repeatedly maintained what we guarded. The enlightened edict is transcendent and far-reaching, its grand strategy surpassing ordinary balance. Your subject was blind, narrow, and uncomprehending; looking back, I am filled with shame and apprehension. I shall immediately uphold the edict, transmit it to external authorities to announce, direct, and comply with. Respectfully submitted. Submitted on the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth month of the first year of YCircle / Yongsji.