Their pace is different, whether fast or slow, so is their reality, whether simple or gorgeous. All emperors have never failed to look back upon antiquity, and to try to properly reestablish the ancient teachings that were almost collapsed, to enlighten the today's world through such teachings, and to stop the loss of ancient wisdom. |
(雖歩驟各異 文質不同 莫不稽古以繩風猷於既頽 照今以補典敎於欲絶) |