四明尊者教行錄 1.48

1.48

Third year, yichou: At the beginning of Emperor Zhenzong's Tianxi era, there was an edict to establish life-release ponds throughout the empire. Wishing to extend the imperial transformative influence, the Master gathered the multitude to perform acts of releasing life on every Buddha's birthday; thereupon he erected the Life-Release Stele. Bureau Director Liu Yun composed the text, and Prefect and Hall Drafter Zeng Hui erected the stone. On the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the third year of Tiansheng, monk (Renyue) of Zhaoxi calligraphed it. One night in this year, the Master suddenly dreamed of a chancellor entering the cloister, and the very next day the son of Prefect Zeng arrived. Later this indeed verified the dream, for it was Duke Xuanjing of the Lu State; on this account, Lady Huang of the Chu State donated permanent property to provide for the assembly. In this year, he also submitted a letter to Prefect Zeng requesting to memorialize that the land of the rear garden permanently remain with the saṅghārāma.