[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) › 46.26 # 佛祖統紀 46.26 佛祖統紀 46.26 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [46.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.46.26) 大觀元年。詔將作監李遇往啟聖院移釋迦栴檀像置御容殿。輿像已至。而朵殿橫梁低不可度。眾方懼。像忽斂肩俛首。輿竟度無礙。上下為之鼓舞。上甞聞大后禮像於足下度線。翌旦上幸寺焚香。令小璫持紙度像足。眾失聲曰。過矣。上益嘉歎○勅道士位居僧上。○勅左街淨因寺道楷。遷主法雲。賜紫衣定照禪師。楷表辭曰。貧道幼別父母。為之誓曰。出家之後期不以利名為求。當一意學道報罔極度生靈答君恩。有渝此心永棄身命。今若竊冐𠖥榮。則上負親心下違本誓。敢辭。上遣開卦尹李孝壽齎勅書諭之。楷確執不回。上怒收付獄。有司問。長老有疾法應免罪。楷曰。平生不妄語。豈敢稱疾罔上。遂受罰。著逢掖流淄州。都城道俗莫不流涕（音體眼淚）。 > In the first year of Daguan, an imperial decree sent Li Yu, Director of the Palace Buildings Directorate, to Qisheng Cloister to move the sandalwood image of Śākyamuni and place it in the Imperial Portrait Hall. The palanquin bearing the image arrived, but the crossbeam of the wing hall was too low to pass under. Just as the crowd was seized with fear, the image suddenly drew in its shoulders and bowed its head; the palanquin passed through without obstruction after all. High and low rejoiced. The emperor had previously heard that the Empress Dowager, when paying homage to the image, measured its foot with a cord; the next morning, the emperor visited the monastery to burn incense and ordered a young eunuch to hold a piece of paper to measure the image's foot. The crowd cried out in astonishment, 'It has grown!' The emperor praised and admired it all the more. ○ An imperial decree ordered that Daoist priests be ranked above Buddhist monks. ○ An imperial decree ordered Daokai of Jingyin Monastery on the Left Street to move to become abbot of Fayun, granting him the purple robe and the title Chan Master Dingzhao. Daokai submitted a memorial declining: 'Your poor monk took leave of his parents in youth and made a vow to them: "After leaving household life, I expect never to seek profit or fame. I shall concentrate single-mindedly on learning the Way to repay my parents' boundless kindness, liberate living beings, and requite the ruler's favor. If I ever betray this heart, I shall forever abandon my life." If I were now to assume favor and glory falsely, I would betray my parents' intentions above and violate my original vow below. I dare to decline.' The emperor sent Li Xiaoshou, the governor of Kaifeng, carrying the imperial edict to instruct him, but Daokai held firm and would not relent. The emperor in anger arrested him and handed him over to prison. The authorities asked, 'If the elder has an illness, the law dictates that he should be exempt from punishment.' Daokai said, 'All my life I have not spoken falsely; how could I dare claim illness to deceive my sovereign?' He thus accepted punishment, was dressed in scholar's robes, and was exiled to Zizhou. Clergy and laity throughout the capital wept tears. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 46.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.46.25) - [Next: 46.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.46.27) - [Up: 46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.46) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.46.26) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.46.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.46.26) · Pramāṇa