佛祖統紀 47.20

47.20

In the thirteenth year, Right Policy Censor Zhan Dafang memorialized, saying: "Recently, when seditious words were stirred up, Zhang Jiucheng was truly at their head, and Zonggao of Mount Jing chimed in with him. Now that Zonggao has already been banished, how can the leader not be called to account?" An imperial decree ordered Zhang Jiucheng to reside in the Nan'an Military Prefecture. Liu Ruoqian, Daoist Chief of Lin'an Prefecture, submitted a request to the Department of Ministries asking that Daoists rank above monks, falsely claiming to have received a separate directive. Buddhist Chief Shanda submitted a statement requesting that it be verified according to the third year of Shaoxing, when the Department of Ministries sent down the petition of Master Fadao requesting the restoration of the ancestral old laws, and subsequently received an imperial decree ordering the correction according to regulations, so that whenever offering incense and lining up, or gathering in various places, monks should be above. Liu Ruoqian was notified, and a statement of acknowledgment was taken from him, warning that any further false petitions would be treated as violations of imperial decrees. An imperial decree ordered the construction of Tianshen Wanshou Yuanjue Monastery at Beishan by the West Lake. An imperial decree ordered the reconstruction of the Shouxing Cloister by the West Lake. The director of affairs requested an allocation of ordination certificates. The Emperor said: "Petitioners all wish to sell certificates to supply state expenditures, but I think otherwise. The proceeds from one certificate are no more than two hundred strings of cash, yet one man ceases to till the soil. If we halt allocations for ten years, then their followers will naturally become fewer."