This excessive granting of inscriptions was explained in an Imperial edict as being a prayer for the safety of the Imperial family as part of 'cultivating merit and virtue' ('hsiu kung te' in Chinese). |
このような勅額下賜の濫発の動機は、修功徳による帝室の安泰祈願であったことが、その詔勅の文言から判明する。 |