國府牒
Notification [from the] Provincial Office
(JPN: Kokufu Chō)
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Translated into English by Rev. Jikai 慈海 Tyler Dehn デイーン
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| Notice [from] the Provincial Authority [to] the Office of the National Preceptor: | 國府牒國師所。 | 國府牒國師所: |
| [There is] an individual who should be granted ordination: Mitsu no Obito Hirono (Saichō’s birth name), aged fifteen. [He is] registered as a resident of Furuchi Village [in the] Shiga County [of Ōmi Province, under] the Household Head Mitsu no Obito Kiyotari, holding the Lower-grade of the Senior Eighth Rank. | 應得度壹人。 三津首廣野年拾伍。滋賀郡古市郷戸主正八位下三津首淨足戸口。 | 應得度壹人: 三津首廣野，年拾伍。 滋賀郡古市郷，戸主正八位下三津首淨足戸口。 |
| [He has] studied: The entire work of the Dharma Flower Sūtra; The entire work of the Supreme King of Sūtras [known as the Golden Light Sūtra]; The one fascicle Medicine Master Sūtra; [And] the one fascicle Vajracchedikā Prajñā [Pāramitā] Sūtra. | 讀法華經壹部。最勝王經壹部。藥師經壹卷。金剛般若經壹卷。 | 讀: 《法華經》壹部; 《最勝王經》壹部; 《藥師經》壹卷; 《金剛般若經》壹卷。 |
| [He has been] introduced to the Vaipulya [Repentance] Sūtra (T.2871 大通方廣懺悔滅罪莊嚴成佛經 ), and completed its ritual recitation. [He is also familiar with] the single fascicle Arrogance Section [of Daoji’s 道紀] Golden Storehouse Treatise, the one fascicle Three Treasures Treatise, and two fascicles of secular texts. | 方廣經開題。具唱禮。 金藏論我慢章壹卷。三寶論壹卷。俗典二卷。 | 《方廣經》開題，具唱禮。 《金藏論》我慢章壹卷;《三寶論》壹卷; 俗典二卷。 |
| The Notification: According to the directive of the Ministry of [Civil] Governance on the tenth day of the tenth month; And according to the directive of the Council of State on the fifth day of the present month; [And in light of] the report obtained from Ōmi Province: As substitution for the vacancy [left by the] death of the Kokubunji monastic Saijaku, ordination should be granted as [stated] above. | 牒被治部省去十月十日符偁。被太政官今月五日符偁。得近江國解偁。國分寺僧最寂死闕之替。應得度如件。 | 牒: 被治部省去十月十日符偁; 被太政官今月五日符偁; 得近江國解偁: 國分寺僧最寂死闕之替，應得度如件。 |
| The Ministry should comply with and acknowledge [this directive], and carry it out in accordance with the regulations; the province should comply with and acknowledge it, and grant the ordination in accordance with the regulations; and the province [should] send and proclaim the aforementioned in accordance with the edicts. | 者省宜承知依例施行。者國宜承知依例得度。者國依符旨牒送如件。 | 者省宜承知，依例施行; 者國宜承知，依例得度; 者國依符旨, 牒送如件。 |
| You should consider this matter, and carry it out in accordance with the edicts. Herein is the report. | 宜察此状依符施行。今以状牒。 | 宜察此状，依符施行。 今以状牒。 |
| The tenth day of the first month of the eleventh year of Bōki (780 A.D.). Greater Administrator Fujiwara no Kadomaro of the Rear Rooms [of the Palace]. | 寶龜十一年十一月十日。大掾藤原朝臣後房。 | 寶龜十一年十一月十日 （780）。 大掾藤原朝臣後房。 |
[已上天台霞標所録]。