A topic from AEG's L5R CCG Rules forum, copied for Oracle of the Void from a copy of the forum saved in October 2015, so pages it didn't save are missing. Players' names are left out; the rules officials are named. Rulings are as they stood on these dates; later rulings, the rulebooks and the Rules Archive may differ.
A player, 28 May 2013
Please confirm/deny?
Me and my opponent BOTH control Hotei's Contentment.
Player A Proclaims a 3PH base Personality. Player A's Hotei's Contentment triggers, to raise the gain to 4. Player B plays Rhetoric, bowing a 4 Chi courtier. Player B's Hotei's Contentment triggers, to raise the gain to 5. Player A plays Rhetoric, bowing a 5 Chi courtier. Player A's Hotei's Contentment raises the gain to 6. Player B passes priority.
Player A gains 6 honour for his 3PH Personality.
Jon Palmer (rules official), 28 May 2013
Please confirm/deny?
Me and my opponent BOTH control Hotei's Contentment.
Player A Proclaims a 3PH base Personality. Player A's Hotei's Contentment triggers, to raise the gain to 4. Player B plays Rhetoric, bowing a 4 Chi courtier. Player B's Hotei's Contentment triggers, to raise the gain to 5. Player A plays Rhetoric, bowing a 5 Chi courtier. Player A's Hotei's Contentment raises the gain to 6. Player B passes priority.
Player A gains 6 honour for his 3PH Personality.
Sure. Essentially the same question asked here.