佛祖統紀 54.41

54.41

宋徽宗。詔釋氏水陸道場。不當設三清等位。天帝不應與鬼神同列。道法師曰。毀佛之禍兆於此矣○宣和元年。用道士林靈素言。詔改佛服天尊服。僧尼巾冠執簡稱德士。高僧日華嚴等不奉詔。開封尹盛章捕七人杖殺之。左街永道法師上書諫。上怒流道州。臺臣言。靈素妄議遷都改除釋教。上寤放死溫州。二年詔大復僧尼○高宗紹興十二年。詹叔義上表。乞住賣度牒。十五年。勅僧道納免丁錢侍郎吳秉信請賣度牒被論而出。靈隱道昌禪師乞行度牒不報。侍郎吳子才乞行度牒。罷歸田里。二十年。大斂民間銅器寺觀佛像鍾磬。並令置籍。每斤收算二十。

Emperor Huizong of the Song decreed that in the Buddhist Water-and-Land ritual enclosure, seats for the Three Purities and others should not be set up, and the Celestial Emperor should not be placed on the same level as ghosts and spirits. Dharma Master Dao said: "The misfortune of the destruction of Buddhism portends from this." In the first year of the Xuanhe era, following the counsel of the Daoist Lin Lingsu, an edict ordered that the Buddha's garments be changed to those of a Celestial Worthy, and that monks and nuns wear kerchiefs and caps, hold tablets, and be called "Men of Virtue" (Deshi). Eminent monks such as Ri Huayan and others did not obey the edict; Sheng Zhang, Prefect of Kaifeng, arrested seven men and beat them to death with staves. Dharma Master Yongdao of the Left Street submitted a memorial to admonish the throne, but the Emperor was enraged and exiled him to Daozhou. The censorate officials reported that Lingsu had recklessly proposed moving the capital and abolishing Buddhism; the Emperor awoke to this and exiled him, and he died in Wenzhou. In the second year, an edict ordered the full restoration of monks and nuns. In the twelfth year of the Shaoxing era of Emperor Gaozong, Zhan Shuyi submitted a memorial begging to halt the sale of ordination certificates. In the fifteenth year, an imperial decree ordered monks and Daoists to pay the exemption tax (miandingqian); Vice Minister Wu Bingxin requested the sale of ordination certificates and was impeached and dismissed. Chan Master Daochang of Lingyin petitioned to issue ordination certificates without receiving a response. Vice Minister Wu Zicai petitioned to issue ordination certificates and was dismissed to return to his village. In the twentieth year, the government carried out a massive collection of bronze vessels among the populace and Buddha statues, bells, and chimes from Buddhist and Daoist temples, ordering them to be registered, and levying a tax of twenty cash per catty.