[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 53.53 # 佛祖統紀 53.53 佛祖統紀 53.53 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [53.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.53.53) 唐高祖。為太祖下造等身佛三身○太宗夢虞世南。勅造佛像一軀。以資冥福○高宗。勅洛陽龍門山鐫石龕盧舍那佛高八十五尺。沙門智運於龍門山鑿石佛一萬五千身○武后。斂天下僧尼日一錢。作大像於白司馬坂○玄宗。勅諸郡開元寺。鑄皇帝等身金銅佛像○沙門海通。於嘉州大江鑿石為彌勒佛高三百六十尺。覆閣九層。 > Emperor Gaozu of the Tang made three life-sized Buddha images for \[the emperors\] from Taizu down. ○ Emperor Taizong dreamed of Yu Shinan and ordered the creation of a Buddha image to aid his post-mortem welfare. ○ Emperor Gaozong commanded that a stone niche with a Vairocana Buddha eighty-five feet high be carved at Mount Longmen in Luoyang; the monk Zhiyun chiseled fifteen thousand stone Buddhas at Mount Longmen. ○ Empress Wu collected one coin daily from all monks and nuns across the empire to construct a colossal image at the Baisimabang slope. ○ Emperor Xuanzong commanded the Kaiyuan temples of all commanderies to cast life-sized gilt-bronze Buddha images of the emperor. ○ The monk Haitong carved a Maitreya Buddha three hundred and sixty feet high out of stone along the great river in Jiazhou, covering it with a nine-story pavilion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 53.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.53.52) - [Next: 53.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.53.54) - [Up: 53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.53) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.53.53) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.53.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.53.53) · Pramāṇa