[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) › 33.48 # 佛祖統紀 33.48 佛祖統紀 33.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [33.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.48) 放生　光明經述流水長者救魚十千天子報德。此緣起也。智者買斷\[竺-二+(一/(尸@邑))\]梁悉罷江上採捕。此立法也。赴計詡獄中之難。報修禪堂上之恩。此顯驗也（此三事並見智者紀）唐肅宗乾元二年。詔天下置放生池凡八十一所（顏真卿為碑）本朝真宗天禧元年詔復天下放生池。沿江淮州郡上下水五里。並禁採捕（二事詳見通塞志）慈雲奏西湖為放生池。以四月八日會郡人縱魚鳥。法智於南湖以佛生日放魚鳥。祝聖人壽。樞密劉均奉勅撰碑。此皆放生之梗概也。 > Liberating Life: The Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra recounts how the Elder Jalavāhana rescued ten thousand fish, and the devaputras requited his virtue; this is its origin. Master Zhizhe purchased the Liang weir and put an end to fishing and netting along the river; this established the regulation. Rescuing Ji Xu from his peril in prison, and repaying the debt of gratitude above the Meditation Hall: these are manifest proofs (these three events are all found in the Annals of Zhizhe). In the second year of the Qianyuan era of Emperor Suzong of the Tang, an imperial decree ordered the establishment of eighty-one life-liberating ponds throughout the empire (Yan Zhenqing composed the stele). In the first year of the Tianxi era of Emperor Zhenzong of the present dynasty, an imperial decree reinstated the life-liberating ponds of the empire, prohibiting catching and fishing for five leagues up and down the rivers across the prefectures and commanderies of the Yangtze and Huai rivers (these two events are detailed in the Treatise on Prosperity and Decline). Ciyun petitioned to make the West Lake a life-liberating pond, gathering the people of the commandery on the eighth day of the fourth month to release fish and birds. Fazhi released fish and birds at South Lake on the Buddha's birthday to pray for the longevity of the sage emperor; Privy Councillor Liu Jun was ordered by imperial decree to compose the stele. These all represent the broad outline of liberating life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 33.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.47) - [Next: 33.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.49) - [Up: 33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.33.48) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.48) · Pramāṇa