佛祖統紀 48.6

48.6

述曰。嘗考夷堅志云。喫菜事魔三山尤熾。為首者紫帽寬衫。婦人黑冠白服。稱為明教會。所事佛衣白。引經中所謂白佛言世尊。取金剛經一佛二佛三四五佛。以為第五佛。又名末摩尼。采化胡經乘自然光明道氣飛入西那玉界蘇鄰國中降誕玉宮為太子出家稱末摩尼。以自表證其經名二宗三際。二宗者。明與暗也。三際者。過去未來現在也。大中祥符興道藏。富人林世長。賂主者使編入藏。安於亳州明道宮。復假稱白樂天詩云。靜覽蘇鄰傳。摩尼道可驚。二宗陳寂默。五佛繼光明。日月為資敬。乾坤認所生。若論齋絜志。釋子好齊名。以此八句表於經首。其修持者正午一食。裸屍以葬。以七時作禮。蓋黃巾之遺習也（嘗檢樂天長慶集。即無蘇鄰之詩。樂天知佛。豈應為此不典之詞）。

The narrator states: Having examined the Yijian zhi, it says: 'Eating vegetables and serving demons is especially rampant in Sanshan. Their leaders wear purple hats and broad robes; their women wear black crowns and white attire, calling themselves the Mingjiao (Luminous Religion) Society. The Buddha they serve is clad in white, citing the scripture's phrase: "spoke to the Buddha, saying, 'World-Honoured One'" (reading "white" as an adjective). Drawing from the Diamond Sūtra's "one Buddha, two Buddhas, three, four, five Buddhas," they consider him the Fifth Buddha, also named Mamo-ni (Mani). Taking from the Scripture of the Conversion of the Barbarians, [it states that he] rode the pneuma of the Dao of natural luminous radiance, flew into the Jade Realm of Xina in the country of Sulin, and was born into the jade palace as a crown prince who left the household and was named Mamo-ni, in order to attest for himself. Their scripture is titled The Two Principles and the Three Moments. The two principles are light and dark; the three moments are the past, future, and present. When the Daoist Canon was compiled during the Dazhong Xiangfu era, a wealthy man, Lin Shichang, bribed the officials in charge to have it incorporated into the canon and deposited in the Mingdao Palace in Bozhou. They also falsely attributed a poem to Bai Letian, which runs: "Quietly perusing the Chronicle of Sulin, / The Way of Mani is truly wondrous. / The two principles unfold in silent stillness; / The five Buddhas succeed in brightness. / Sun and moon are relied upon for reverence; / Heaven and earth are acknowledged as what gave them birth. / If we speak of the aspiration to pure vegetarian observance, / It is fitting that their name be ranked equally with the sons of the Śākya clan." These eight lines were affixed to the head of the scripture. Those who practice it eat one meal at midday, bury their dead naked, and perform worship at the seven periods—these are in fact vestigial customs of the Yellow Turbans.' (I once examined Letian's Changqing ji, and there is no poem about Sulin. Letian understood Buddhism; how could he have composed such uncanonical words?)