佛祖統紀 54.94

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54.94

Under Emperor Gaozong of the Tang, Dharma Master [Xuan]zang translated the Hetuvidyā-śāstra; the Chief Imperial Physician Lü Cai composed an interpretation defaming it. An edict ordered high officials to lead Cai to go to the Dharma Master to perform repentant prostrations. Under Emperor Xuanzong, the metropolitan scholar Sun Qiao submitted a memorial saying, "Emperor Wuzong made 270,000 monks grow their hair; how can Your Majesty revive them after they have already been abolished?" The emperor was angered and did not accept it.

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佛祖統紀 — 志磐, Classical Chinese