六祖大師法寶壇經 1.173

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扶風公廉，問嶺南三年，以佛氏第六祖，未有稱號，疏聞于上。詔諡大鑒禪師，塔曰靈照之塔。元和十年十月十三日，下尚書祠部符到都府，公命部吏洎州司功掾告于其祠。幢蓋鍾鼓增山盈谷，萬人咸會，若聞鬼神。其時學者千有餘人，莫不欣踴奮厲，如師復生；則又感悼涕慕，如師始亡。因言曰：

The Duke of Fufeng, [surname] Lian, governed Lingnan for three years. Seeing that the Sixth Patriarch of the Buddha's school did not yet have an imperial title, he submitted a memorial reporting this to the throne. An imperial edict bestowed the posthumous title "Chan Master Dajian," and named his stūpa the "Stūpa of Lingzhao" (Numinous Illumination). On the thirteenth day of the tenth month of the tenth year of Yuanhe, the dispatch of the Ministry of Rites reached the regional government. The Duke ordered officials of his ministry and the administrative secretary of the prefecture to announce it at his shrine. Banners, canopies, bells, and drums filled the mountains and valleys; ten thousand people gathered together as if in the presence of spirits and gods. At that time, there were more than a thousand students, none of whom did not leap for joy and rouse themselves vigorously, as if the Master had returned to life; yet they were also moved to tears and longing, as if the Master had only just passed away. They thereupon said: