佛祖統紀 41.40

41.40

In the second year, Tutu Chengcui was appointed Commissioner of Good Works of the Left and Right Streets, and Buddhist monks and Daoist priests were subordinated to him (surname Tutu, given name Cui, a palace official; Cui is pronounced qī zuì). In the third month, an edict declared: 'Men's labor and women's weaving are the foundation of plowing and weaving. If any commoners illicitly evade corvée labor by pretending to be monks or Daoists without truly performing the works of the renunciant life, the local officials shall investigate and report them.' Chan Master Dayi of Ehu was summoned by edict to an audience in the Linde Hall to debate with the various Dharma masters. A Dharma master asked, 'What are the Four Truths?' The Master said, 'His Sagely Majesty is one sovereign; how could there be three other sovereigns?' He was asked, 'What is the Way of Chan?' The Master pointed into the empty air with his finger; the Dharma master was at a loss. The emperor said, 'The Dharma master cannot even handle a single point!' The emperor asked, 'What is meant by Buddha-nature?' The Master said, 'It is not separate from what Your Majesty asked.' The emperor silently understood. Minister of the Ministry Li Xiang asked, 'What does the Great Compassionate One use a thousand hands and eyes for?' The Master said, 'What does the present Emperor use you for?' (The Master attained the Dharma from Mazu). Śramaṇa Huilin of Hezhong Prefecture compiled 'The Sounds and Meanings of All the Sūtras' in one hundred and three rolls, went to the palace, and presented it. By edict it was admitted into the Great Canon, and he was bestowed a purple robe, silk, tea, and medicine.