歷代三寶紀 9.96

9.96

右三部合七卷。宋文帝元嘉二十三年丙戌。是北魏太平真君七年。太武皇帝信納崔皓邪佞諂諛。崇重寇謙號為天師。殘害釋種毀破浮圖。至庚寅年。太武遭病。方始感悟。兼有白足禪師來相啟發。生愧悔心。即誅崔皓。到壬辰歲。太武帝崩。子文成立。即起浮圖毀經。七年還興三寶。至和平三年。昭玄統沙門釋曇曜。慨前凌廢欣今載興。故於北臺石窟寺內集諸僧眾。譯斯傳經流通後賢。庶使法藏住持無絕。

The above three works, totaling seven fascicles. In the twenty-third year of the Yuanjia reign of Emperor Wen of the Song, the bingxu year, which was the seventh year of the Taiping Zhenjun reign of the Northern Wei, Emperor Taiwu trusted and accepted the wicked sycophancy and flattery of Cui Hao, and revered Kou Qianzhi, honoring him as Celestial Master. He harmed the Śākyan lineage and destroyed the stūpas. When it came to the gengyin year, Taiwu fell ill, only then beginning to awaken [to his errors]; furthermore, a White-Footed Dhyāna Master came to enlighten him. Giving rise to shame and repentance, he thereupon executed Cui Hao. Arriving at the renchen year, Emperor Taiwu passed away, and his grandson Wencheng was established. He immediately rebuilt the stūpas and scriptures that had been destroyed, restoring the Three Jewels within seven years. In the third year of the Heping reign, the Director of Buddhist Affairs (Zhaoxuan Tong), the śramaṇa Shi Tanyao, lamented the past suppression and rejoiced in the present revival; hence, he gathered the monastic community in the Stone Grotto Monastery at the Northern Terrace to translate these transmission scriptures and circulate them among later sages, hoping to ensure that the Dharma treasury would be upheld without interruption.