佛祖統紀 54.110

54.110

末尼火祆（火烟反）者。初波斯國有蘇魯支。行火祆教。弟子來化中國。唐正觀五年。其徒穆護何祿詣闕進祆教。勅京師建大秦寺○武后延載元年。波斯國拂多誕持二宗經偽教來朝○玄宗開元二十年勅末尼本是邪見。妄稱佛教。既為西胡師法。其徒自行。不須科罰○天寶四年勅兩京諸郡有波斯寺者。並改名大秦○大歷三年勅回紇及荊揚等州。奉末尼各建大雲光明寺。六年回紇。請荊揚洪越等州置摩邪寺。其徒白衣白冠○會昌三年。勅天下末尼寺並廢。京城女末尼七十二人皆死。在回紇者流之諸道。五年勅。大秦穆護火祆等二千人。並勒還俗○梁貞明六年。陳州末尼反立母乙為天子。朝廷發兵禽斬之。其徒以不茹葷飲酒。夜聚婬穢。畫魔王踞坐佛為洗足。云佛止大乘。我乃上上乘。

Regarding Mani and the Fire Zoroastrians (pronounced huoyan): Originally, in the country of Persia, there was Zarathustra, who practiced the Fire Zoroastrian religion. His disciples came to convert the Central Realm. In the fifth year of the Zhenguan era of the Tang, his follower the mogh Helu went to the imperial court and presented the Zoroastrian teaching; an edict ordered the construction of a Daqin Monastery in the capital. In the first year of the Yanzai era under Empress Wu, Futodan of the country of Persia came to court bearing the spurious teaching of the Two Principles Sūtra. In the twentieth year of the Kaiyuan era of Emperor Xuanzong, an edict stated: "Mani was originally a heterodox view, falsely claiming to be the Buddhist teaching; since it serves as the master's doctrine of the Western barbarians, its followers may practice it among themselves, and there is no need to penalize them." In the fourth year of the Tianbao era, an edict ordered that all Persian monasteries in the two capitals and the various commanderies be renamed Daqin. In the third year of the Dali era, an edict ordered the Uyghurs as well as Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and other prefectures that revered Mani each to construct a Dayun Guangming Monastery. In the sixth year, the Uyghurs requested the establishment of Moya monasteries in Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Hongzhou, Yuezhou, and other prefectures; their followers wore white clothing and white caps. In the third year of the Huichang era, an edict ordered all Manichaean monasteries throughout the realm to be abolished; seventy-two Manichaean women in the capital all died, and those among the Uyghurs were banished to various circuits. In the fifth year, an edict ordered two thousand Daqin, mogh, and Fire Zoroastrians to be forced to return to lay life. In the sixth year of the Zhenming era of the Liang, the Manichaeans of Chenzhou rebelled and set up Mu Yi as the Son of Heaven; the imperial court dispatched troops to capture and behead him. Because their followers did not consume meat or drink wine and gathered at night for illicit defilement, they painted a demon king sitting cross-legged with the Buddha washing his feet, saying, "The Buddha is merely the Great Vehicle; ours is the Supreme-of-Supreme Vehicle."