A statement asking for staff officers奉請從事官狀
1Song Xuan, administrator of the farm colonies
營田判官將仕郞殿中侍御史內供奉賜緋魚袋宋絢
Song Xuan, administrator of the farm colonies, gentleman for rendering service, palace censor on inner duty, granted the crimson fish bag.
2What manner of man Song Xuan is
右件官。相門傳慶。詞苑成名。退居安東郭之貧。就養奉南陔之詠。自參戎幕。備見良籌。佐理而星霜屢遷。淸勤而風雨不改。久裨重任。敢覬殊榮。伏請轉官改章服。依前充職。
The officer above carries on the good fortune of a chancellor's house and has made his name in the garden of letters. Withdrawn, he lived content in the poverty of Dongguo; going forward, he cared for his parents and chanted the song of Nangai. Since he joined the tent of the army he has shown good counsel throughout, and while he helped in the government the stars and the frosts changed many times, yet his purity and diligence did not alter in wind or rain. He has long helped in a heavy charge, and so your servant dares to hope for a special honor for him. Your servant respectfully asks that his office be advanced and his robe and insignia changed, and that he serve in his post as before.
3Gao Yanxiu, acting inspector of salt and iron
攝鹽鐵巡官朝議郞守京兆府咸陽縣尉柱國高彦休
Gao Yanxiu, acting inspector of salt and iron, gentleman for court discussion, acting sheriff of Xianyang county in the prefecture of Jingzhao, pillar of state.
4The one who repaid his mother and the one who followed his father
右前件官。訓稟儒宗。才兼吏術。王畿結綬。早見勤勞。賓度曳裾。頗多婉畫。望憲臺之淸秩。助榷筦之重權。伏請轉官。依前充職。□以前件狀如前。伏以臣子之所以立身者。以孝以忠。愼終如始。若遂榮親之望。必勤事主之誠。且如擇隣卜居。斷織勵學。至于成立。色養無虧。能報慈母之恩則宋絢有焉。又如敎以義方。退而學禮。至于仕宦。力行有規。能遵嚴父之訓則彦休有焉。臣是以久藉謨猷。仍嘉德行。事堪勵俗。志切薦賢。伏惟皇帝陛下恩流域中。孝理天下。特廻睿獎。許假賓。榮冀令修己從知。盡以敬親務本。干黷宸扆。無任兢惶。謹錄奏聞。伏聽勑旨。
The officer above took his teaching from a master of the Confucian school and has the arts of an official besides his talent. He tied on his seal cord in the royal domain and early showed his diligent labor, and he trailed his skirts as a guest in the tent and had many a well turned plan. Your servant hopes for a pure rank in the censorate for him, so that he may help in the heavy authority of the monopoly office. Your servant respectfully asks that his office be advanced and that he serve in his post as before. □ The statement above is as it stands. Your servant bows low and considers that the way a servant and a son establishes himself is by filial duty and by loyalty, and by being as careful at the end as at the beginning. If a man fulfills the wish of bringing honor to his parents, he will surely be diligent in the sincerity with which he serves his lord. To choose one's neighbors and settle where to live, to cut the weaving from the loom and urge a child to study, and to keep a face of loving care with nothing lacking until he stands on his own, and so repay the love of a kind mother, is in Song Xuan. And to teach a child the way of right, to withdraw and learn the rites, and to have a rule in all he does with his strength until he takes office, and so follow the teaching of a stern father, is in Yanxiu. And so your servant has long leaned upon their counsel and thinks well besides of their conduct, for their deeds may urge on the customs of the people, and his own will is keen to recommend worthy men. Your servant bows low and considers that His Majesty the Emperor lets kindness flow through the realm and governs the world by filial duty. Turn the sage encouragement especially upon them and allow them the honor of being received as guests, so that they may cultivate themselves and follow what they know, and give all their care to honoring their parents and working at the root. Your servant troubles the imperial screen and cannot bear his fear. He respectfully records this and makes it heard, and bows low to await the rescript.