佛祖統紀 37.46

37.46

In the first year of the Shaotai era, Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi abolished Daoism (details are in the Annals of Qi). Zong Dai, an Exhorter, was renowned for his learning and conduct. When Liang fell, he abandoned his office and became a monk, taking the name Wuming ('Nameless'). The Northern Zhou enticed him with high office, but Wuming explained five reasons why returning to secular life was impossible for him. In his late years, he composed the Inscription on Pacifying the Mind (Xixin ming), regretting his youthful devotion to literary composition (Huang Luzhi transcribed this inscription for the śramaṇa Zhihai to carve in monasteries as an admonition to those of miscellaneous learning). At Tianhuang Monastery in Jiangling, there was a Cypress Hall built by Emperor Ming. Zhang Sengyou had painted an image of Rocana and the ten disciples of Confucius. The Emperor asked: 'Why paint the Confucian Sage in a Buddhist gate?' Sengyou said: 'Later, people will rely on this.' When the Northern Zhou destroyed the Buddhist Dharma and burned the monasteries and pagodas across the realm, only this hall was spared from destruction because it housed an image of Xuan'ni (Confucius) (Record of Famous Paintings).