佛祖統紀 37.53

37.53

In the first year of the Tianjia era, an imperial decree appointed Baoqiong as the Great Buddhist Controller of the Capital. Since the Liang and Wei dynasties, the Buddhist Controller had maintained an elaborate retinue and staff comparable to government offices; at this point, Qiong memorialized to abolish this. Whenever he went out, he was accompanied only by a few ascetic monks (dhūtadhara) carrying walking sticks and bamboo hats. When the twelve kingdoms east of the sea heard of Qiong's virtue, they sent envoys offering gold and silk to request his portrait to bring back. Chan Master Huisi at Mount Dasu in Guangzhou explained the Peaceful Practices to Chan Master Zhiyi and showed him the Samantabhadra bodhimaṇḍa.