佛祖統紀 39.121

39.121

萬歲通天元年。遣使賜六祖能禪師水精鉢摩納衣白㲲香茶勅韶州守臣安撫山門○洛陽弘道觀主杜義乞為僧。賜名玄嶷。賜夏三十臘。勅住佛授記寺。嶷撰甄正論以尊佛教。

In the first year of the Wansui Tongtian reign era, an envoy was sent to bestow upon the Sixth Patriarch, Chan Master Neng, a crystal bowl, a woolen robe, white cotton cloth, and fragrant tea, and the governor of Shaozhou was ordered to give comfort and protection to the monastic community. Du Yi, master of the Hongdao Daoist Abbey in Luoyang, begged to become a monk. He was bestowed the name Xuanyi, granted thirty summer retreats of monastic seniority, and ordered to reside at the Foshouji Monastery. Yi wrote the Zhenzheng lun to venerate the Buddhist teachings.