佛祖統紀 53.105

53.105

真宗。禮法師於南湖保恩答日本源信法師問目。賜保恩額為延慶。同異聞師作誡誓辭二篇。俾為長講天台教法之地○禮法師結十僧。修法華懺三年。焚身供法。翰林楊億貽書勸請住世○詔賜東掖山智者教文印本四千六百二十卷○都尉李遵勗奏。四明禮法師高行遺身。上嘉歎。賜號法智○詔遣內侍俞源清。往四明延慶請法智領眾修懺祈福。為述修懺要旨○章懿太后遣使詣天竺。請式法師。為國行懺。師上金光明護國儀。因奏天台教卷乞入大藏○仁宗。勅內侍楊懷古詣天竺。為國祈福。式法師復乞天台教文入藏○延慶法智。於佛生日縱魚鳥。述放生文。郡守曾會以聞。勅樞密劉筠撰文立石寺門○延慶法智。策試生徒名開幃。四十二章至今為法○詔賜天台教文入藏。飯靈山千眾○東掖山如法師集百僧修長懺。都尉馬遵勗聞於朝。賜號神照。與郡守章得象諸賢。結白蓮社○神宗。海月大師惠辨居天竺靈山。郡補都僧正。凡管內寺院虛席。會諸剎英俊開問義科場。餬名考校○孝宗。勅福州東禪。依天聖二年降旨。天台教部鏤板入藏○寧宗。荊門軍乞加封玉泉智者。勅賜靈惠大師○理宗。靈山守愚奏。法智大師所著記鈔二百餘卷乞入藏。制可。

Under Zhenzong, Master Li answered the list of queries from Master Genshin of Japan at Bao'en on Nanhu; an imperial plaque was granted renaming Bao'en to Yanqing, and together with Master Yiwen he composed two admonitory vows so that it might serve as a site for the perpetual lecturing on the Tiantai teachings. Master Li gathered ten monks to practice the Lotus Repentance for three years, intending to burn his body as an offering to the Dharma; Hanlin Academician Yang Yi sent a letter urging him to remain in the world. An imperial decree bestowed 4,620 rolls of printed texts of Zhizhe's teachings from Mount Dongye. Commandant Li Zunxu reported the lofty conduct of Master Li of Siming and his resolution to abandon his body; the Emperor praised him and bestowed the title Fazhi ('Dharma Wisdom'). An imperial decree sent palace attendant Yu Yuanqing to Yanqing in Siming to invite Fazhi to lead the assembly in performing repentance rituals and praying for blessings, and [Fazhi] set forth the essential teachings of the repentance rite. Empress Dowager Zhangyi sent an envoy to Tianzhu to invite Master Shi to perform repentance rituals for the state; the Master presented the *Suvarṇaprabhāsa State-Protection Ritual* and thereupon petitioned to have the Tiantai doctrinal texts entered into the Tripiṭaka. Under Renzong, an imperial decree ordered palace attendant Yang Huaigu to go to Tianzhu to pray for blessings for the state; Master Shi again requested that the Tiantai doctrinal texts be entered into the Tripiṭaka. Fazhi of Yanqing released fish and birds on the Buddha's birthday and composed a text on releasing life; the commandery prefect Zeng Hui reported this, and an imperial decree directed Liu Yun of the Bureau of Military Affairs to compose an inscription on a stele at the monastery gate. Fazhi of Yanqing examined students under the name 'Opening the Curtain'; the Forty-Two Chapters remains the standard to this day. An imperial decree allowed the Tiantai doctrinal texts to be entered into the Tripiṭaka and offered a meal to a thousand monks at Lingshan. Master Ru of Mount Dongye assembled one hundred monks to practice the prolonged repentance; Commandant Ma Zunxu reported this to the court, and the title Shenzhao was bestowed upon him, and together with prefect Zhang Dexiang and other worthy gentlemen, he founded the White Lotus Society. Under Shenzong, Great Master Haiyue Huibian resided at Lingshan in Tianzhu and was appointed Chief Monk Rectifier by the commandery; whenever an abbot's seat fell vacant within his jurisdiction, he gathered the finest monks from all monasteries and opened an examination hall to test doctrine, grading with names concealed. Under Xiaozong, an imperial decree ordered the Dongchan Monastery in Fuzhou to carve blocks for the Tiantai doctrinal texts to be entered into the Tripiṭaka in accordance with the decree issued in the second year of Tiansheng. Under Ningzong, the Jingmen Military Prefecture requested an additional honorary title for Zhizhe of Yuquan, and an imperial decree bestowed the title 'Great Master Linghui'. Under Lizong, Shouyu of Lingshan petitioned that the commentaries and notes of more than two hundred rolls written by Great Master Fazhi be entered into the Tripiṭaka; imperial consent was granted.