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# 佛祖統紀 40.6

佛祖統紀 40.6

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [40.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.40.6)

二年。勅萬回禪師賜號法雲公圓通大士○北宗神秀國師示寂於東都天宮寺。諡大通禪師。師得法於五祖。自武后朝召居內道場。至帝禮以國師。宰相張說問法。執弟子禮○二月勅造聖善寺。沙門慧範。補正議大夫。封上庸郡公。法藏慧珍九人。並朝大夫。封縣公。官給奉祿。一同正員（奉音鳳俸俗）勅菩提流志。於佛光殿譯經。上御法筵親臨筆受。百僚侍坐。妃后同瞻○五月賜嵩嶽慧安國師紫摩納衣。度弟子十四人。後三年亡。壽百二十八歲○詔七朝忌辰於內殿設齋行香○聖善寺成。勅上庸公慧範。如銀青光祿大夫充寺主。沙門萬歲加朝散大夫封縣公。充都維那。沙門廣清。檢校殿中監充功德使。

> In the second year \[706\], Chan Master Wanhui was imperial decree bestowed the title 'Lord Fayun, Mahāsattva of Perfect Penetration'.  
> National Master Shenxiu of the Northern School manifested cessation at Tiangong Monastery in the Eastern Capital. He was posthumously titled Chan Master Datong. The master attained the Dharma from the Fifth Patriarch; summoned from the reign of Empress Wu to dwell in the inner palace bodhimaṇḍa, down to this emperor he was treated with the rites of a National Master. Prime Minister Zhang Yue inquired about the Dharma, assuming the etiquette of a disciple.  
> In the second month, an imperial decree ordered the construction of Shenggshan Monastery. The śramaṇa Huifan was appointed Grand Master of Proper Consultation and enfeoffed as Duke of the Shangyong Commandery. Fazang, Huizhen, and seven others were all made Grand Masters of the Court and enfeoffed as District Dukes, with official stipends provided, equal to regular officials (stipend pronounced \*feng\*, vulgar form \*feng\*). Bodhiruci was decreed to translate scriptures in the Foguang Hall. The emperor attended the Dharma session in person to receive the brush-notes, the hundred officials attended in audience, and the imperial consorts and empress gazed on together.  
> In the fifth month, National Master Hui'an of Mount Song was granted a purple patch-robe and ordained fourteen disciples. Three years later he passed away at the age of one hundred and twenty-eight.  
> An imperial edict ordered that on the memorial death-anniversaries of the seven imperial courts, vegetarian feasts be held and incense distributed in the inner palace.  
> Shenggshan Monastery was completed. By imperial decree, Huifan, Duke of Shangyong, acting as Grand Master of Splendid Happiness with the Silver-blue Ribbon, served as Abbot; the śramaṇa Wansui was granted the rank of Grand Master of Palace Leisure, enfeoffed as District Duke, and served as Chief Karmadāna; the śramaṇa Guangqing, Probationary Palace Discipline Controller, served as Commissioner of Merit and Virtue.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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