[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036) › 10.19 # 佛祖歷代通載 10.19 佛祖歷代通載 10.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.10.19) （五）　是年衛元嵩上疏減僧。初周武崇佛氏。天保六年嵩上十一條省寺減僧。云僧多怠惰貪財冒利不足欽尚。召百僧入內道場。七日伺過不得。無何乃止。嵩後感惡疾而卒。世尊曰。獅子身中蟲。嵩何不當之矣。 > (5) In this year, Wei Yuansong submitted a memorial to reduce the number of monks. Previously, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou revered Buddhism. In the sixth year of Tianbao, Yuansong submitted eleven articles to abolish monasteries and reduce monks, saying: "Monks are mostly lazy and idle, greedy for wealth and scrambling for gain, and not worthy of reverence and esteem." The emperor summoned one hundred monks into the Inner Bodhimanda. For seven days they watched for faults but found none. Soon thereafter, the matter was dropped. Yuansong later contracted a foul disease and died. The Bhagavān said: "Worms in the lion's own body"—how does this not apply to Yuansong? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.10.18) - [Next: 10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.10.20) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.10.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.10.19) · Pramāṇa