佛祖統紀 37.31

37.31

In the fourth year, the Emperor visited Tongtai Monastery and held an Ullambana vegetarian feast (in Sanskrit Ullambana, translated here as 'rescuing from hanging upside down'; this refers to the venerable Maudgalyāyana preparing this basin offering to deliver his mother from the sufferings of a hungry ghost). Liu Xie, Gentleman of the Transmission of Directives, was deeply esteemed by the Crown Prince. All the steles and inscriptions for monasteries and pagodas were authored by him (the stele for the stone image at Shicheng still survives). This year he submitted a memorial requesting to become a monk, and was granted the name Huidi.