佛祖統紀 45.8

45.8

The third year [1025]. Prior to this, at the beginning of the Tianxi era, an edict ordered the realm to restore the ponds for releasing living beings. Dharma Master Fazhi of Nanhu in Siming gathered assemblies on the Buddha's birthday every year to practice the rites, releasing fish and birds to pray for the sovereign's longevity. This year, the commandery reported the matter [to the court], and an edict ordered the Bureau of Military Affairs Official Liu Jun to compose a text to record it; the Commandery Governor Zeng Hui erected a stele at the temple gate (the text is found in the *Guangjiao zhi*). One night, the Dharma Master dreamed that the monastery guardian deity told him: "Tomorrow the Chancellor will arrive." Soon after, Zeng Hui entered the temple leading his son Gongliang. The Master told him of the dream. The mother and lady thanked him, saying: "When he attains nobility later, we will not dare forget it." When Gongliang later became Chancellor, he purchased fields and opened buildings, annually ordaining his disciples (there is Chancellor Zeng's land donation document recorded in the *Jiaoxing lu*). ○ Hanlin Academician Xia Song, together with Tripiṭaka Master Weijing and others, presented the newly translated *Scriptural Sounds and Meanings* in seventy scrolls. ○ Ma Liang, administrator of the Department of State Affairs, stated: "The Buddha's path is noble and weighty, a teacher to humans and devas. I request that those who have committed corporal crimes or are tattooed not be received for ordination." An edict granted this.