六祖大師法寶壇經 1.19

1.19

At that time, the Great Master arrived at Baolin. Prefect Wei (named Qu) of Shaozhou, together with officials, entered the mountain to invite the Master to come out to the lecture hall of the Dafan Monastery in the city and open the occasion to expound the Dharma for the assembly. As the Master ascended the seat, Prefect Wei and over thirty officials, more than thirty Confucian scholars, and over a thousand monks, nuns, Daoists, and laypeople paid homage together at the same time, wishing to hear the essentials of the Dharma.