佛祖統紀 51.33

51.33

宋太祖。詔寺院經周朝未毀者聽存。已毀寺佛像許移置存留○詔諸郡銅像依舊存○詔如聞道場。夜集士女無益修持。並加禁止○太宗謂近臣曰。儒人多薄佛。向為中竺佛金剛座令蘇易簡作碑。指佛為夷。遂別命為之○詔嶺南僧置妻孥。所在長吏深宜戒厲。○真宗侍讀孫奭請損修寺度僧。上曰。釋道二門有助世教。安可即廢○詔京城鬻酒肉者。去寺觀百步外。酤市於僧者。重論其罪○臣僚言。愚民侫佛蠹害國政。上曰。佛教使人遷善。安可禁止○詔諸寺觀殿階上。不許人民袒露坐臥○詔新譯頻那夜迦經。葷血為祀。不許入藏○祥符勅品官毀辱僧尼。口稱禿字者。勒停見任。庶民流千里○徽宗宣和勅吳國公主敬重空門。品官庶民有毀辱僧尼者。照祥符三年指揮○孝宗鄭國公主出家。勅品官庶民有毀辱僧尼者。照祥符宣和勅旨。僧尼犯。官司不得理行。須奏聞取旨。

Taizu of the Song decreed that monasteries not destroyed under the Zhou dynasty be permitted to remain, and that Buddha statues from destroyed monasteries be permitted to be moved and preserved. He decreed that bronze statues across various commanderies be preserved as before. He decreed that, having heard that night gatherings of men and women in bodhimaṇḍas brought no benefit to cultivation, they be strictly forbidden. Taizong said to his close ministers: 'Confucians mostly disparage the Buddha. Previously, I ordered Su Yijian to compose an inscription for the Buddha's Diamond Throne of Central India, but he referred to the Buddha as a barbarian, so I ordered someone else to write it instead.' He decreed: 'If monks in Lingnan keep wives and children, local senior officials should strictly admonish and restrain them.' Zhenzong's Reader-in-Waiting Sun Shi requested a reduction in the repair of temples and the ordination of monks; the Emperor said: 'The two teachings of Buddhism and Daoism aid worldly transformation; how could they be abolished?' He decreed that those in the capital selling wine and meat must remain beyond one hundred paces from monasteries and abbeys, and those selling to monks should be punished severely. Officials said: 'Ignorant people flatter the Buddha, harming state governance.' The Emperor said: 'Buddhism guides people toward goodness; how could it be forbidden?' He decreed that on the terrace steps of the halls of monasteries and abbeys, people were not permitted to sit or lie bare-chested. He decreed that because the newly translated Vināyaka Sūtra involved offerings of pungent roots and blood, it must not be admitted into the Tripiṭaka. An edict of the Xiangfu era stated that if ranked officials insulted monks or nuns or uttered the word 'bald', they would be dismissed from their current posts, and commoners would be exiled for a thousand li. An edict of the Xuanhe era under Huizong stated that Princess Wuguo revered the gate of emptiness, and if ranked officials or commoners insulted monks or nuns, it would be handled according to the directive of the third year of Xiangfu. When Princess Zhengguo under Xiaozong became a nun, he decreed that if ranked officials or commoners insulted monks or nuns, it would be handled according to the edicts of Xiangfu and Xuanhe; if monks or nuns committed offenses, local offices could not process the cases on their own authority, but had to memorialize the throne to request an imperial ruling.