佛祖統紀 36.134

36.134

二年。詔沙門僧鍾見於乾和殿。但稱貧道。帝問僕射王儉曰。古之沙門何所稱。對曰。漢魏此道未盛無所傳聞。晉宋以來多稱貧道。而使預座。晉之中世。庾氷桓玄欲使盡敬。事竟不行。帝曰。獻暢二師道行如此。尚乃稱名。況復餘者揖拜則非制稱名亦無嫌。

In the second year, an imperial decree granted the śramaṇa Sengzhong an audience in Qianhe Hall; he referred to himself merely as 'This Poor Monk' (pindao). The Emperor asked Supervisor of the Department of State Affairs Wang Jian, 'How did ancient śramaṇas refer to themselves?' He replied, 'In the Han and Wei, this path had not yet flourished, and nothing has been handed down. Since the Jin and Song, they have mostly referred to themselves as 'This Poor Monk' and have been invited to sit. In the middle period of the Jin, Yu Bing and Huan Xuan wished to make them show full obeisance, but in the end this was never enforced.' The Emperor said, 'Even Masters Xian and Chang, whose conduct in the Dao is such as it is, still address themselves by their personal names. How much more so should others? While bowing down in obeisance is indeed not the established regulation, addressing oneself by one's personal name carries no offense either.'