佛祖統紀 3.153

3.153

四十六年（乙丑）佛成道後。四十二年說法華經（句記引法性論○說法華。凡二處二會。始在靈山次升虛空。後復還靈山。法華以無量義為序。普賢行法為結）。

Forty-sixth year (yichou): forty-two years after the Buddha attained the Way, he preached the Lotus Sūtra. (The Juji cites the Faxing lun. The preaching of the Lotus occurred in two places and two assemblies: beginning on Vulture Peak, next ascending into empty space, and later returning again to Vulture Peak. The Lotus takes the Wuliangyi jing as its prologue and the Fuxian xingfa jing as its conclusion.)