佛祖統紀 35.26

35.26

Liu Ying, Prince of Chu, presented yellow and white silks to the Chancellor of State, saying: "Entrusted with the role of a feudatory border defender, I have accumulated faults and misdeeds; I present these plain and fine silks to redeem my transgressions." The Chancellor of State reported this to the throne. The edict replied: "The Prince of Chu recites the subtle words of Huang-Lao and honours the benevolent sacrifices of the Futu. What dislike or suspicion could there be, that he should have remorse? Let his redemption be returned to help provide the sumptuous meals of the upāsakas and śramaṇas" (In Sanskrit, yipuse is upāsaka; here translated as 'pure-faith layman', those who now receive the five precepts and are called sēngtóng; sangmen is śramaṇa; here translated as 'quieting the mind', those who now receive the full precepts and are called sēng. Unlearned people of the world pass on errors, pointing to yipu as meaning an offering of food; their ignorance of the meaning is erroneous like this).