ABSTRACT

WehavealreadywitnessedtheboundlessImperialvirtues. WhereverthisImperialvirtueofcompassionradiates,theWay forthesubjectsnaturallybecomesclear.TheWayofthesubjects existswheretheentirenationservestheEmperorunitedinmind intheveryspiritinwhichmanydeitiesservedatthetimewhen theImperialGrandchild,NiniginoMikoto,descendedtoearth. Thatis,webynatureservetheEmperorandwalktheWayof theEmpire,anditisperfectlynaturalthatwesubjectsshould possessthisessentialquality.