[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) › 10.54 # 佛祖歷代通載 10.54 佛祖歷代通載 10.54 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.10.54) （十七）　序曰。天命有隋膺斯五運。帝君榮祐宅此九州。所以誕育之初神光洞發。君臨已後靈瑞競臻。故使天兆龜文水浮五色。地開泉醴山響萬年。雲慶露甘珠明石變。聾聞瞽視啞語躄行。禽獸見非常之祥。草木呈難紀之瑞。是知昔聞七寶匪局金輪。今則神異四時遍知玉燭。往以赤若之歲黃屋馭宸。土制水行。興廢毀之佛日。火乘木運。啟嘉號於開皇。高祖以周靖帝大定二年。黃龍降於舊第。卿雲見於城闉。二月十三日。周以帝祚歸禪在隋。景命既臨服黃簪皂。廢（周六）官依漢三省。佛日還曜法水潛通。其冬有周沙門齎西域梵經二百餘部膺期而至。下勅所司訪人翻譯。開皇二年仲春之月便就宣傳。季夏詔。以龍首之山川原秀麗卉木滋阜宜建都邑。凡城殿門縣園寺。皆以大興為額。三寶慈化自此而興。萬國仁風緣茲遠大。伽藍欝峙法宇交臨。開士肩聯信心踵接。及仁壽啟號寶塔是興。百有餘州皆陳瑞應。于斯時也。四海靜浪九州無塵。大度僧尼將三十萬。崇緝寺宇向有五千。翻譯道俗二十四人。所出經論垂五百卷。及煬帝嗣籙卜宅東都。仍於洛濱上林園置翻經館。四事供養無乏于時。今敘一朝兩代三十七年祖師顧儒高僧法匠十有五人。顯大隋我教之隆盛焉。 > (17) The Preface states: Heaven mandated the Sui to embody these five elements in their turn; the divine ruler received auspicious protection to dwell in these Nine Provinces. Therefore, at the moment of his birth, a marvelous light burst through everywhere, and after he assumed rulership, numinous portents competed to appear. Thus it caused the heavens to manifest turtle-shell omens and the waters to float in five colors; sweet springs burst forth from the earth, and mountains echoed for ten thousand years. Auspicious clouds, sweet dew, luminous pearls, and transforming stones appeared; the deaf heard, the blind saw, the mute spoke, and the lame walked. Birds and beasts showed extraordinary portents, and plants and trees presented hard-to-record auspicious signs. From this we know that what was formerly heard concerning the seven treasures was not restricted to the Golden Wheel\[-turning King\]; now, divine marvels in the four seasons permeate and know the jade-candlestick harmony. Formerly, in the chiro year (bingwu), under the yellow canopy the emperor governed the stars; the earth phase subdued the water phase, and the sun of the Buddha, once abolished and destroyed, was restored. Fire followed upon wood's rotation, inaugurating the auspicious title of Kaihuang. When Gaozu was in the second year of Dading of Emperor Jing of the Zhou, a yellow dragon descended upon his former residence, and felicitous clouds appeared over the city ramparts. On the thirteenth day of the second month, the Zhou transferred the imperial succession by abdication to the Sui. Once the bright mandate arrived, he donned the yellow robe and black cap-pins, abolished the six ministerial offices of the Zhou, and followed the three departments of the Han. The sun of the Buddha shone again, and the waters of the Dharma quietly flowed. That winter, a śramaṇa of the Zhou arrived bearing over two hundred Sanskrit texts from the Western Regions in accordance with the auspicious time. An imperial decree was issued ordering the relevant authorities to seek out people to translate them. In the second month of the second year of Kaihuang, the propagation and translation began. In the last month of summer, an edict was issued declaring that because the mountains, rivers, and plains of Longshou were exquisite and its vegetation lush and abundant, it was suitable to build a capital city there. All city walls, palaces, gates, counties, gardens, and monasteries were to be named 'Daxing' (Great Prosperity). The compassionate transformation of the Three Jewels arose from this; the benevolent influence across ten thousand states became far-reaching because of this. Saṃghārāmas loomed majestically, and Dharma halls stood side by side; Bodhisattvas strode shoulder to shoulder, and the faithful followed heel to toe. When the Renshou era was inaugurated, precious pagodas were erected, and over a hundred prefectures all reported auspicious responses. At that time, the four seas were calm of waves, and the Nine Provinces were free from dust. Nearly three hundred thousand monks and nuns were fully ordained; almost five thousand monastic compounds were built and repaired; twenty-four translators, both monastic and lay, produced nearly five hundred fascicles of scriptures and treatises. When Emperor Yang succeeded to the throne, he divined a residence at the Eastern Capital and established a translation hall in the Shanglin Park along the banks of the Luo River. The four requisites of support were never lacking at that time. Now we record, across this one dynasty and two reigns spanning thirty-seven years, fifteen ancestral masters, Confucian advisers, eminent monks, and master artisans of the Dharma, to illuminate the great flourishing of our teaching under the Great Sui. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.10.53) - [Next: 10.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.10.55) - [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.10.54) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [歷代三寶紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.12.2) — Classical Chinese - [大唐內典錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2149.5.13) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.10.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.10.54) · Pramāṇa