佛祖統紀 53.56

53.56

Emperor Taizu of the Song commanded the carving of the printing blocks for the Tripiṭaka in Yizhou. ○ He ordered artisans to go to Mount Emei to adorn and decorate Buddha images. ○ Emperor Zhenzong performed the Feng sacrifice at Mount Tai; he ordered the restoration of thirty-two images and personally composed an account of the image restoration. ○ He commanded the monk Xiyan to restore seventeen thousand stone niche Buddhas at Mount Longmen. ○ Emperor Zhezong ordered artisans to go to Donglin to decorate the Buddha images of the Five Divinely Moved Halls. ○ Su Shi painted Water-and-Land ritual images and composed sixteen eulogies. ○ Su Shi acquired Mr. Zhang's paintings of the Eighteen Arhats, composed eulogies for them, and gave them to his younger brother Zhe. ○ Emperor Gaozong: Supervising Secretary Feng Ji produced forty-eight sets of the Tripiṭaka.