律相感通傳 1.61

1.61

又問：「荊州、河東寺者，此寺甚大。余與慈恩寺嵩法師交故積年，其人即河東寺雲法師下之學士也。云：『此寺本曾住萬僧，震旦之最。』聞之欣然，莫測河東之號，請廣而述之，亦佛法之大觀也。」

I asked again: “Regarding Hedong Monastery in Jingzhou, this monastery was very large. I have been friends with Dharma Master Song of Ci'en Monastery for many years; that man was a student under Dharma Master Yun of Hedong Monastery. He said: ‘This monastery once housed ten thousand monks, the greatest in China.’ Hearing this, I rejoiced, but could not fathom the name ‘Hedong’. Please elaborate on it, as it is also a grand spectacle of the Buddhadharma.”