集沙門不應拜俗等事 2.51

2.51

The encomium states: / How grand was Lord He! / Standing out preeminent from the crowd. / He spoke boldly to assist the governance, / Able to achieve primary merit. / Beautiful indeed was Wang, Director of the Imperial Secretariat, / Whose devotion reached the utmost limit. / Undaunted by authority and power, / He resolutely held fast to rectitude. / Master Huiyuan was aloof and pure, / Undefiled even when steeped in black. / Once his letters and treatises were set forth, / Huan Xuan bent his pride. / Xiaowu indulged his desires; / Helian gave free rein to violence. / Rejecting admonition and indulging in cruel punishments, / These are detailed in the elegant pronouncements. / Wang Jian presented what was acceptable, / And the Qi sovereign reflected upon it. / The monk Mingshan delivered an incisive response, / And the Sui ruler accepted it. / The eminent scholar by the banks of the Luo / Let his writings soar and claimed supreme beauty; / That he is revered in the present day / Has good reason indeed!