佛祖統紀 43.59

43.59

In the fourth year, an imperial decree ordered that whenever Indian monks arrived from the west at the western border prefectures, or Chinese monks returned from traveling to the west, all the Sanskrit sūtras they carried must first be reported in full detail and submitted under seal to the throne. ○ King Chi of Goryeo sent an envoy to express gratitude for the bestowal of the canon and the imperially composed literary collection. ○ The Emperor visited the pagoda cloister of Kaibao Monastery and asked a monk, 'Who are you?' The monk said, 'The master of the pagoda.' The Emperor said, 'This is our pagoda; why are you its master?' The monk had no reply. (Xuedou remarked in his stead: 'Why not hear that all is suchness?') When a monk was granted an audience, the Emperor asked, 'Where have you come from?' He replied, 'From the Sleeping Cloud Hermitage on Mount Lu.' The Emperor said, 'In the deep recesses of sleeping in the clouds, one does not pay court to the Emperor.' The monk had no reply. (Xuedou remarked in his stead: 'It is hard to evade supreme capability.') The Emperor once dreamed that a heavenly being said, 'I request Your Majesty to generate the bodhicitta.' The next morning, he issued an inquiry to the West Street: 'How does one generate the bodhicitta?' None could reply. (Xuedou remarked in his stead: 'Truly, this has been heard equally in past and present.')