[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 10.67 # 佛祖統紀 10.67 佛祖統紀 10.67 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.10.67) 本朝太祖建隆元年。授天下兵馬大元帥。乾德元年冬。郊禮遣子惟濬入貢。開寶八年。隨王師克金陵（南唐李後主）九年二月入朝。詔賜劍履上殿。詔書不名封。其妻孫氏。為吳越國王妃。四月歸國。太宗太平興國三年三月入朝。乞以所管十三州版籍歸天府。詔許之。改封淮海國王。賜玉冊金印。居京師禮賢宅。子惟𤀹。惟治。皆以節度領郡事。忠懿居京師。十二年而薨。富貴榮盛莫與為比。忠懿天性誠厚。夙知敬佛。慕阿育王造八萬四千塔。金銅精鋼冶鑄甚工。中藏寶篋印心呪經。亦及八萬四千數。布散部內以為填寶鎮。鎮錢唐諸邑。西湖南北山諸剎相望。皆忠懿之創立也。尊事沙門。若天台韶國師。永明壽禪師。皆待以師禮。又嘗召螺溪寂法師。至金門建講。問智者教義。以典籍不全。慨然遣使齎重寶。求遺書於高麗日本。於是一家教卷復見全盛。螺溪得以授之寶雲。寶雲得以傳之四明。而法智遂專中興之名。推原其自實忠懿護教之功為多也。王甞造金字法華經二十部。散施名山（今國清所藏是其一）。 > In the first year of Jianlong of the present dynasty, \[Taizu\] granted him the post of Grand Marshal of the Armies of All under Heaven. In the winter of the first year of Qiande, during the suburban sacrifice, he sent his son Weijun to enter with tribute. In the eighth year of Kaobao, he accompanied the royal army in overcoming Jinling (the Later Ruler Li of the Southern Tang). In the second month of the ninth year, he came to court; an imperial decree granted him the privilege of ascending the palace hall with sword and boots, and imperial decrees did not address him by personal name. His wife, the lady Sun, was made Queen Consort of Wuyue. In the fourth month he returned to his state. In the third month of the third year of the Taiping Xingguo era of Taizong, he entered court and petitioned to surrender the registers and land of the thirteen prefectures under his administration to the celestial court; an imperial decree granted permission. He was re-enfeoffed as King of Huaihai and granted jade patents and gold seals, residing in the Lixian Residence in the capital. His sons Weijun and Weizhi both governed prefectural affairs as military commissioners. Zhongyi resided in the capital for twelve years before passing away; his wealth, nobility, honour, and splendour were beyond compare. Zhongyi was sincere and generous by nature and had known to revere the Buddha from an early age. Emulating King Aśoka, he constructed 84,000 stūpas, cast with exquisite craftsmanship in bronze, brass, and refined iron, inside of which he housed the Baoqieyin xinzhou jing, likewise numbering 84,000, distributing them throughout his domains as treasures to suppress and secure the land, securing the various townships of Qiantang. Across the north and south mountains of West Lake, the monasteries facing one another were all founded by Zhongyi. He revered and served the monks: figures such as National Preceptor Shao of Tiantai and Chan Master Shou of Yongming were all treated with the etiquette due to a teacher. Furthermore, he once summoned Dharma Master Ji of Luoxi to the Golden Gate to establish lectures and inquire about the doctrinal teachings of Zhiyi; because the canonical texts were incomplete, he generously dispatched emissaries bearing heavy treasures to seek the lost works in Goryeo and Japan. Thereupon, the doctrinal texts of the one tradition once more reached their full flourishment. Luoxi was able to transmit them to Baoyun, and Baoyun was able to transmit them to Siming, so that Fazhi came to monopolise the reputation of revival. Tracing the origin back to its source, it was truly the merit of Zhongyi's protection of the Dharma that was greatest. The King once produced twenty sets of the Lotus Sūtra in gold lettering, distributing them among famous mountains (the copy now preserved at Guoqing is one of them). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.10.66) - [Next: 10.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.10.68) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.10.67) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.10.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.10.67) · Pramāṇa