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# 佛祖統紀 53.52

佛祖統紀 53.52

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [53.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.53.52)

北魏獻文。勅為太祖下五帝。鑄丈六釋迦佛五軀○孝明。為太后胡氏建永寧寺丈六金像浮圖九層高九十丈。詔諸郡立五級浮圖○孝莊。孟仲暉造夾紵佛。每夜遶座行道○孝武。於平等寺建浮圖設萬僧齋。石佛俯首終日。

> Emperor Xianwen of the Northern Wei commanded that five sixteen-foot images of Śākya Buddha be cast for the five emperors from Taizu down. ○ Emperor Xiaoming built the Yongning Temple for Empress Dowager Hu, with a sixteen-foot golden image and a nine-story pagoda ninety zhang high; he issued a decree commanding all commanderies to erect five-tiered pagodas. ○ Emperor Xiaozhuang: Meng Zhonghui made a dry-lacquer Buddha, which every night circumambulated its seat and walked the path. ○ Emperor Xiaowu: Erected a pagoda at Pingdeng Temple and held a feast for ten thousand monks; a stone Buddha bowed its head all day long.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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