佛祖歷代通載 13.20

13.20

（十四　丙寅）　日本國沙門。榮叡普照等至于揚州。奉僧伽黎十領。其上綴以山川異物之狀。蓋其國主附之以施中國高行沙門。于時律師鑒真受其衣。歎外國人有佛種性。欲往化之。會叡照等亦勸請遂附舶而東。為惡風飄入魚蛇等海。以真律行高皆脫禍。既至日本。彼王預知枉駕迎勞。舘于毘盧遮那殿。未幾請真授歸戒。夫人群臣皆以次稟授。日本自是始有律教。

(Fourteenth year, bingyin) The Japanese monks Yōei, Fushō, and others arrived in Yangzhou. They presented ten saṃghāṭī robes, upon which were embroidered depictions of mountains, rivers, and exotic objects; these had been entrusted by their sovereign to be bestowed upon Chinese monks of eminent conduct. At that time, the Vinaya Master Jianzhen received these robes, sighed in admiration that foreigners possessed the buddha-lineage, and wished to go and transform them. Just then, Yōei, Fushō, and the others also urged and invited him, so he boarded a ship and sailed east. Blown by foul winds into seas of fish and serpents, they all escaped disaster because of Jianzhen's exalted vinaya practice. Once they arrived in Japan, the king there had prior knowledge of it, deigned to welcome and comfort him in person, and lodged him in the Vairocana Hall. Before long, he requested Jianzhen to confer the refuges and precepts; the queen and the assembly of ministers all received them in turn. From this time on, Japan first had the vinaya teaching.