佛祖統紀 36.60

36.60

In the twentieth year, Huan Chong, the Governor of Jingzhou, ordered Dharma Master Tanyi to cross the river and build the Eastern and Western Monasteries. From the Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, down to the Chen dynasties, there were constantly up to ten thousand monks. At the beginning of the Sui, there were 3,500 famous monks, with fifty-three people lecturing on the Dharma at the same time. There were ten larger and smaller cloisters; the Pratyutpanna and Samantabhadra Cloisters each accommodated a thousand monks for the summer retreat. The monastery buildings each reached ten thousand bays. The retired scholar Dai Kui wished to make a sixteen-foot image of Amitāyus. Considering the ancient style to be clumsy, he secretly gathered opinions from various people, pondering them for three years, and only then completed the carving. It was welcomed and enshrined at Lingbao Monastery in Shan'yin. When Xi Chao saw it and bowed, just as he gathered incense in his hand, sudden clouds of smoke rose straight up beyond the eye to the clouds, and all marveled at this divine response. The śramaṇa Saṅghabhadra from the state of Kaśmīra came to Chang'an and translated the Za apitan bapo sha lun (Saṃyuktābhidharma-vibhāṣā-śāstra). The śramaṇa Kumārajīva from Kucha came to Chang'an. Yao Xing, the Qin ruler, lodged him in the Xiaoyao Garden, where he translated the Da pin bore jing (Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra).