佛祖統紀 47.33

47.33

In the twenty-eighth year, in the second month: An imperial decree ordered Chan Master Fori Zonggao to reside at Jingshan again. In the seventh month, Supervising Censor Hong Zun argued that the minting of coins had not reached the quota. The Emperor instructed the ministers to order the populace to replace bronze implements with other materials. Thereupon bronze vessels from the imperial treasury were brought out and sent to the Coin Minting Bureau. Bronze utensils from the populace, as well as Buddhist images, bells, and chimes from monasteries and abbeys, were massively collected and ordered to be registered, levying a tax of twenty [cash] per catty.