佛祖統紀 37.18

37.18

In the first year of the Putong reign era, the śramaṇa Zhongyang translated eleven works, including the *Mañjuśrī-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra*, in the capital Yang[zhou]. The Emperor personally took down the brushes, and ordered Baochang to continue after him. The Emperor constructed a circular altar inside the palace, intending to receive the refuges and precepts, and made an exquisite selection of the worthy and brilliant. The court deliberated and decided that Dharma Master Huiyue of Caotang should answer the summons. On the eighth day of the fourth month, the Emperor donned field-garments (kāṣāya), faced north, paid reverent homage, and received the full precepts. Just as the karmavācanā was being performed, sweet dew (amṛta) descended in the courtyard. There were a three-legged crow and two peacocks that stepped down the stairs and became tame. The master was bestowed the title 'Wise One' (Zhizhe). From then on, whenever he entered court, a special couch was inevitably set out, and the Emperor sat beside him. From the Crown Prince, princes, dukes, and ministers down to monks and laity, forty-eight thousand persons were registered as having received the precepts from Yue. Senior śramaṇas also received them anew from the master. Fayun alone said: 'I have already received the precepts. How can the Dharma be treated as human worldly affairs?' Commentators held him in high esteem. (Yue’s surname was Lou; the world called him Dharma Master Lou Yue.)