佛祖統紀 41.24

41.24

三年。京兆尹宇文炫奏。乞以鄉落廢寺為學舍材。勅曰。奉佛之宮轉為儒館。此侵毀三寶之漸。罪在不宥。炫漸懼。即日自解歸○李泌拜中書侍郎同平章事。初明瓚禪師居南岳上封。人號嬾殘。泌往謁之聞誦經聲。先悲愴而後悅豫。知為隱者。候之良久。瓚撥火出芋食之曰。領取十年宰相至是。泌用事為帝言其高行。詔徵之。使者至石窟宣麻。瓚寒涕垂頤凝然而坐。不以介意。使回以聞。帝益嗟敬。

In the third year, Yuwen Xuan, Mayor of Jingzhao, presented a memorial requesting to use the materials of abandoned village temples to build school buildings. An edict declared: 'Transforming halls for venerating the Buddha into Confucian academies is the beginning of encroaching upon and destroying the Three Jewels. The offense is unforgivable.' Xuan felt ashamed and fearful, and on the same day resigned and returned home. Li Mi was appointed Vice Director of the Secretariat and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Earlier, Chan Master Mingzan lived on Mount Shangfeng in Nanyue, and people called him Lazy Zan. When Mi went to pay respects to him, he heard the sound of chanting sūtras; it was mournful at first and joyful afterward. Knowing he was a recluse, Mi waited for him for a long time. Zan poked the fire, pulled out a taro, ate it, and said, 'Take this, you will be prime minister for ten years.' Coming to this point, Mi, now in power, spoke to the emperor of Zan's lofty conduct. An imperial edict summoned him. When the envoy arrived at the stone grotto to proclaim the imperial appointment, Zan had cold snot hanging down to his chin, sitting unmoved without taking heed of it. The envoy returned and reported this, and the emperor sighed in even greater respect.