佛祖統紀 40.47

40.47

In the third month of the second year, an edict was issued to the prefectures and military commanderies throughout the realm: ponds for releasing living beings were to be established along rivers and bordering outer city walls within five li up and downstream, eighty-one places in all. Yan Zhenqing, the Prefect of Shengzhou, composed a stele inscription stating: 'Whether moving or rooted, water-dwelling or land-dwelling, the entire realm is made into a pond, and all within the borders are showered with blessings. Availing themselves of the power of the dhāraṇī's empowerments, the sea of defilements and the ford of birth and death are dried up.'
An edict summoned Chan Master Huizhong of Nanyang for an imperial audience. By imperial order he resided at Qianfu Temple, designated as National Preceptor. His Majesty asked, 'What Dharma did the Master attain at Caoxi?' The Master said, 'Does Your Majesty see a patch of cloud in the sky?' His Majesty said, 'I see it.' The Master said, 'Is it nailed down? Is it hung up?' (Chan Master Jie, the Fifth Patriarch, said on his behalf: 'A good thing is not as good as nothing.') His Majesty asked, 'What is the Tamer of Ten Bodies?' The Master stood up and said, 'Do you still understand?' His Majesty said, 'I do not.' The Master looked around at the attendants and said, 'Hand this old monk the pure water vase.'
In the first year of Shangyuan, an imperial order sent an inner commissioner to Caoxi in Shaozhou to welcome the Sixth Patriarch's robe and bowl into the palace for offerings.
Monk Baoyu of Wuxing entered the capital to receive ordination. The Emperor dreamed of a monk from Wu chanting the Lotus Sūtra with five-colored light emanating from his mouth. The following morning the Master entered the pass. The pass official asked where he came from. He replied, 'I am skilled at chanting the Lotus Sūtra and have come from afar to receive ordination.' The pass commander reported this. The Emperor summoned him for an audience and found him to be indeed the one seen in his dream. He granted him a seat to chant the sūtra. Upon reaching the chapter on 'Joyful Rejoicing', five-colored light radiated from the corners of his mouth. The Emperor was exceedingly pleased and ordered a fragrant altar to be specially erected to confer ordination upon him. He bestowed on him the name Daguang and appointed him Sthavira of the Realm.
An imperial order decreed that monks and nuns attending court assemblies need not refer to themselves as 'subjects' (chen).