佛祖統紀 48.80

48.80

致和元年。命帝師修佛事於禁中。帝御興聖殿。受無量壽佛戒于帝師。命僧千人修勝會于鎮國寺。詔帝師命僧修佛事於鹽官州。仍造浮屠三百十六所。以厭海溢。時江浙行省丞相脫驩公憂之禱于上天竺。廣興佛事。命天岸濟法師親履其地。仍令有司修水陸大會七晝夜。法師呪行沙水。足迹所按土皆凝然○十月皇后亦憐真八剌受佛戒于帝師。禁僧道買田土。違者坐罪。

In the first year of Zhihe, the Imperial Preceptor was commanded to conduct Buddhist services inside the palace. The Emperor attended the Xingsheng Palace and received the precepts of Amitāyus Buddha from the Imperial Preceptor. One thousand monks were commanded to perform a supreme assembly at Zhenguo Monastery. An imperial edict commanded the Imperial Preceptor to order monks to perform Buddhist services in Yanguan Prefecture, and to build three hundred and sixteen stūpas to suppress sea inundations. At that time, Grand Councilor Lord Tuohuan of the Jiangzhe Branch Secretariat was distressed by this, prayed at Upper Tianzhu, extensively initiated Buddhist services, and ordered Dharma Master Tian'an Ji to visit the site in person. Furthermore, the authorities were ordered to conduct a Great Water-and-Land Assembly for seven days and seven nights. The Dharma Master chanted spells as he walked over the sand and water, and wherever his footsteps pressed down, the soil solidified. In the tenth month, Empress Yilianzhenbala received the Buddhist precepts from the Imperial Preceptor. Monks and Daoists were prohibited from purchasing land; violators would be punished.