Their pace is different, as to whether it is fast or slow, so is their reality, whether it is simple or gorgeous. All emperors have never failed to look back upon antiquity, and to try to properly reestablish the ancient teachings that had almost collapsed, to enlighten today's world through such teachings, and to stop the loss of ancient wisdom.
…歩驟（ほしう）各異（おのおのこと）に、文質同じくあらずと雖も、古を稽（かむが）へて風猷を既に頽れたるに縄（ただ）し、今に照らして典教を絶えむとするに補はずといふことなし。