佛祖統紀 43.46

43.46

勅造羅漢像五百十六身。奉安天台壽昌寺。二年上覽新譯經。謂宰臣曰。天息災等妙得翻譯之體。乃詔天息災除朝散大夫試光祿卿。法天施護並除朝奉大夫試鴻臚卿。法天改名法賢。並月給酥酪錢有差。新譯經論並刊板印行。天息災等言。聞陝西諸路頗有道俗收藏梵經。乞下尋訪以資翻譯。詔從之（漢書注。郊廟行禮。九賓鴻聲而臚傳之也）。

An imperial decree ordered the fashioning of five hundred and sixteen images of arhats to be enshrined at Shouchang Temple on Mount Tiantai. In the second year, the Emperor inspected the newly translated sūtras and said to the prime ministers: "Tianxizai and the others have wonderfully captured the essence of translation." Thereupon an imperial decree appointed Tianxizai as Court Gentleman for Dispersed Service and Probationary Minister of the Court of Imperial Entertainments, and appointed both Fatian and Shihu as Court Gentlemen for Court Service and Probationary Ministers of the Court of State Ceremonial. Fatian changed his name to Faxian. All were granted monthly stipends of butter and curd with gradations. The newly translated sūtras and treatises were all carved onto printing blocks and published. Tianxizai and the others said: "We have heard that across various circuits of Shaanxi there are quite a few monastics and laypeople storing Sanskrit sūtras. We request that an order be issued to search for them to aid in translation." An imperial decree granted this. (The commentary to the Book of Han notes: "When performing rites at the suburban altars and ancestral temples, the nine guests made loud proclamations, and they were transmitted aloud.")