[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 45.12 # 佛祖統紀 45.12 佛祖統紀 45.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [45.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.45.12) 九年。勅韶州守臣詣寶林山南華寺迎六祖衣鉢。入京闕供養。及至奉安大內清淨堂。勅兵部侍郎晏殊撰六祖衣鉢記○傳法院言。沙門懷問嘗往天竺。為真宗皇帝建塔於佛金剛座之側。今欲再往為皇太后今上更建二塔。乞賜先朝聖教序皇太后發願文聖上三寶讚。刊石塔下。及製袈裟奉釋迦像。詔可。仍令詞臣撰沙門懷問三往西天記○初太祖疑宣律師佛牙非真。遣使取自洛烈火煆之色不變。心敬神異。遂製發願文。太宗朝復取驗以火。製偈讚以申敬（見三朝御製碑）因奉安大相國寺法華院。真宗嘗迎供開寶寺靈感塔下。瞻拜之夕神光洞發。遂製偈讚（見三朝御製碑）上以三朝敬事。遂迎置禁中。以薔薇水灌之（出南海三佛齊國。香氣芬郁異常）忽於穴中得舍利一。五色映人。因為製讚。以金䀃二重藏之。奉以還寺。其讚云。三皇掩質皆歸土。五帝潛形已化塵。夫子域中誇是聖。老君世上亦言真。埋軀秖見空遺塚。何處將身示後人。唯有吾師金骨在。曾經百鍊色長新（䀃徒回切。音隤。器似盂。本紀錯為盝。今改正）。 > The ninth year \[1031\]. An edict ordered the commanding official of Shaozhou to proceed to Nanhua Temple on Mount Baolin to welcome the sixth patriarch's robe and bowl to the capital for veneration. When they arrived, they were enshrined in the Qingjing Hall of the Imperial Palace. An edict commanded the Vice Minister of War Yan Shu to compose the \*Record of the Sixth Patriarch's Robe and Bowl\*. ○ The Institute for the Propagation of the Dharma reported: "The monk Huaiwen once traveled to Tianzhu and erected a stūpa for Emperor Zhenzong beside the diamond throne of the Buddha. Now he wishes to go again to erect two more stūpas for the Empress Dowager and the present Emperor. He requests that the sacred preface of the late reign, the Empress Dowager's vow text, and His Majesty's \*Hymn to the Three Jewels\* be granted to be carved on stone beneath the stūpas, and that a kāṣāya be made to present to the statue of Śākyamuni." An edict granted this, and further ordered court literati to compose the \*Record of the Monk Huaiwen Traveling to the Western Heavens Three Times\*. ○ Earlier, Taizu doubted whether Vinaya Master Xuan's Buddha tooth was genuine and sent an envoy to fetch it from Luoyang and burn it in a fierce fire; its color did not change. With a heart of reverent wonder at this supernatural marvel, he composed a vow text. During the reign of Taizong, it was tested again with fire, and \[the Emperor\] composed a gāthā in praise to express his reverence (see the \*Three Reigns' Imperial Inscriptions Stele\*). Consequently, it was enshrined in the Lotus Cloister of Da Xiangguo Temple. Zhenzong once welcomed and worshipped it under the Linggan Stūpa of Kaibao Temple; on the night of veneration, a divine light burst forth, and he composed a gāthā in praise (see the \*Three Reigns' Imperial Inscriptions Stele\*). Because of the reverent services of three reigns, His Majesty welcomed and placed it in the palace, washing it with rose water (produced in the realm of Sanfoqi in the Southern Sea, extraordinarily fragrant). Suddenly, a relic was found within a cavity, displaying five colors that dazzled the onlookers. He thereupon composed a eulogy, stored it in a double golden basin, and reverently returned it to the temple. The eulogy reads: "The Three Sovereigns concealed their substance, all returning to the earth; / The Five Thearchs hid their forms, already turned to dust. / Master Kong is praised as a sage within the realm; / Laozi is also spoken of as true in the world. / Burying their frames, one sees only empty abandoned mounds; / In what place can they show their bodies to later generations? / Only my Master's golden bone remains: / Having undergone a hundred smeltings, its color is ever fresh." (The character 䀃 is pronounced tuí \[túi\], a vessel resembling a basin; the Basic Annals mistakenly wrote 盝, which is now corrected). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 45.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.45.11) - [Next: 45.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.45.13) - [Up: 45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.45) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.45.12) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.163) — Classical Chinese - [翻譯名義集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.5.110) — 法雲, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.45.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.45.12) · Pramāṇa