佛祖統紀 44.29

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六年二月。詔天下官吏試童行經業。方許剃度○五月開寶寺福勝塔有金色光見相輪上。又有聖僧遶塔。翌日得五色舍利。上親幸敬觀。見舍利於塔表。大如月。色同水晶。往來飛動於鈴索之上。士庶同瞻於地甎上。獲舍利五千餘粒。詔賜號靈感之塔。時京師天清寺興慈塔。亦有舍利見相輪上。上曰。像教嘉祥生民之福也○八月兵部侍郎譯經潤文官趙安仁。奉詔編修大藏經錄成。凡二十一卷。賜名大中祥符法寶錄。仍賜御製序云。自太平興國以來凡譯成經律論四百十三卷。祕書監楊億光梵大師惟淨等編次。又請以兩朝御製佛乘文集編入大藏。下詔褒許○詔諡泗州僧伽大士普照明覺大師。公私不得指斥其名○九月西天竺沙門知賢等來進舍利梵經。賜紫服○十一月舍利見於玉清昭慶宮聖祖明慶殿。或以為道門無舍利事。上謂宰臣王旦。曰三教之設其旨一也。大抵皆勸人為善。唯識達之士能一貫之。滯情偏執於道益遠。

In the sixth year, in the second month, an imperial decree ordered officials throughout the realm to examine postulancy novices in their scripture study before permitting tonsure. / In the fifth month, a golden light appeared above the wheel finial of Fusheng Pagoda at Kaibao Temple, and there was also a holy monk circumambulating the pagoda. The next day, five-colored relics were obtained. The Emperor personally visited to reverently view them. He saw the relics on the exterior of the pagoda, as large as the moon and the same color as crystal, flying and moving back and forth above the bell cords. Gentry and commoners gazed at them together; on the ground bricks, they obtained more than five thousand relic grains. An imperial decree bestowed the title Linggan Pagoda (Pagoda of Miraculous Response). At that time, the Xingci Pagoda of Tianqing Temple in the capital also had relics appear above its wheel finial. The Emperor said: 'The auspicious signs of the image teaching are the blessings of the common people.' / In the eighth month, Vice Minister of the Ministry of War and Polish-and-Embellish Editor of Translated Scriptures Zhao Anren compiled and edited the catalog of the Great Canon under imperial decree, completing it in twenty-one fascicles; the title Dazhong Xiangfu fabao lu was bestowed. The Emperor also bestowed an imperial preface stating: 'Since the Taiping Xingguo era, four hundred and thirteen fascicles of sūtras, vinayas, and treatises have been translated.'楊億 (Director of the Palace Library Yang Yi), Great Master Guangfan Weijing, and others arranged and classified them. They further requested that the imperial collections of Buddhist writings from the two courts be incorporated into the Great Canon; an imperial decree praised and granted this. / An imperial decree granted Mahāsattva Sangha of Sizhou the posthumous title Great Master Puzhao Mingjue; public and private persons were not permitted to directly utter his personal name. / In the ninth month, the Western Indian monk Zhixian and others arrived to present relics and Sanskrit scriptures; they were granted purple robes. / In the eleventh month, relics appeared in the Mingqing Hall of the Sagely Ancestor at Yuqing Zhaoqing Palace. Some considered that within the Daoist gate there was no such thing as relics. The Emperor said to Chancellor Wang Dan: 'The establishment of the three teachings has a single purport. In general, they all encourage people to do good. Only scholars of understanding and insight can integrate them into a single thread. Clinging sentiments and biased attachments only lead farther away from the Way.'