六祖大師法寶壇經 1.173

1.173

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: