佛祖歷代通載 10.26

10.26

（十）　周武天和四年。謠言黑衣。武以猜為心。有道士張賓之等。譎詐罔上私構其黨。以黑釋為國忌。以黃老為國祥。帝納其言信道輕釋。親受符錄。躬服衣冠。是年己丑三月十五日。召三教名士文武百官二千餘人。帝御正殿量述三教。以道最先出於無名之前超乎天地之表。議者紛紜弗定。至二十日。依前集論是非更廣。帝曰。儒道二教此國常遵。佛教後來。朕意不立僉議陳理無由除削。至四月初。更依前集。雖極言陳無得面從也。又各理伸弗克定矣。遂勅司隷大夫甄鸞詳審二教。至于天和五年。鸞詳二教上笑道論三卷。其表略曰。

(10) In the fourth year of Tianhe under Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou, there was a popular rumor about "black robes." Emperor Wu was inherently suspicious. The Daoist Zhang Bin and others deceitfully deceived the sovereign and secretly formed their faction, claiming that black-robed Buddhism was an omen harmful to the state, while Yellow Emperor-Laozi Daoism was auspicious for the state. The emperor accepted their words, believing in Daoism and disparaging Buddhism. He personally received Daoist talismans and registers and donned Daoist caps and robes. On the fifteenth day of the third month in the jichou year, he summoned more than two thousand celebrated scholars of the Three Teachings and civil and military officials. The emperor presided in the main hall and personally evaluated the Three Teachings, regarding Daoism as the foremost, having emerged prior to the nameless and transcending the forms of heaven and earth. The disputants were divided and could not settle the matter. On the twentieth day, they gathered as before to debate, and right and wrong were contested even more broadly. The emperor said: "The two teachings of Confucianism and Daoism have always been honored in this land. Buddhism came later. Our intention is not to establish it, yet through open debate and the presentation of arguments, there has been no cause to eliminate it." In the beginning of the fourth month, they gathered again as before; though they spoke to the utmost, no one would yield to another's face. Since each side expounded its principles without resolution, he then decreed that the Grand Master of the Metropolitan Directorate, Zhen Luan, should scrutinize the two teachings. In the fifth year of Tianhe, Luan, having scrutinized the two teachings, submitted the Treatise of Laughing at the Dao in three rolls. His memorial stated in brief: