四明尊者教行錄 1.44

1.44

Fifth year, xinyou: At this time he was sixty-two years of age. In this year, the imperial court issued an edict commanding him to cultivate the repentance ritual. The Xingye ji states: 'Emperor Zhenzong learned of the Master's renown and dispatched a palace dignitary to his dwelling to command him to cultivate the Lotus Repentance ritual, conferring generous gifts upon him. The palace dignitary was Yu Yuanqing. Because the venerable Yu wished to understand the essential purpose of the repentance ritual, the Master composed the Xiu chan yaozhi (Essential Purport of Cultivating Repentance) for him, and people to this day benefit from its bounty. He also composed the Biexing xuanshu ji (Subcommentary on the Mystical Commentary on the Separate Circulation [of the Avalokiteśvara Sūtra]), with the preface bearing the title: "First day of the eighth month of the fifth year of Tianxi." He also composed the Guanjing miaozong chao (Subcommentary on the Wondrous Purport of the Visualization Sūtra), with the preface bearing the title: "Prefaced with brush put to paper on the Double Ninth day of the fifth year of Tianxi."'