佛祖統紀 51.46

51.46

宋太祖長春節。度童行八千人○太宗普度童子十七萬人○真宗登封泰山。詔天下寺觀各度一人。陪位僧道各度弟子一人○以吳國大長公主出家。詔童子十人度一人○詔僧道係帳童行普與剃度。是歲度僧尼二十四萬五千七百七十人。道士女冠七千一百七十人○仁宗判都省馬亮。請無得收度真刑文身者○神宗勅錢唐天竺觀音院。歲度一人以奉香火。

Song Dynasty. Emperor Taizu, on the Changchun Festival, ordained eight thousand novices. / Emperor Taizong universally ordained one hundred and seventy thousand youths. / Emperor Zhenzong ascended Mount Tai to perform the Feng and Shan sacrifices. He decreed that every Buddhist monastery and Daoist abbey across the empire ordain one person, and that each attendant monk and Daoist ordain one disciple. / Because the Grand Princess of the State of Wu left the household life, he decreed that one out of every ten youths be ordained. / He decreed that all registered novices among monks and Daoists be universally tonsured and ordained. In that year, two hundred and forty-five thousand, seven hundred and seventy monks and nuns were ordained, and seven thousand, one hundred and seventy Daoist priests and female Daoists. / Emperor Renzong: Ma Liang, Administrator of the Central Secretariat, requested that those with actual criminal punishments and tattoos not be accepted for ordination. / Emperor Shenzong decreed that the Tianzhu Guanyin Cloister in Qiantang ordain one person annually to maintain the incense offerings.