佛祖歷代通載 13.58

13.58

（四十二　丁酉）　正月。安祿山子慶緒使李猪兒。弑祿山而自立。九月副元帥郭子儀破安慶緒復京師。十月帝至自靈武。十二月太上皇至自西蜀○未幾於內禁立道場。講誦讚唄甚嚴。宰相張鎬諫曰。天子之福要在養人。以一函宇善風俗。未聞區區佛事能致太平。願陛下以無為為心。不以小乘擾聖慮。帝不納。尋勅五嶽各建寺妙。選高行沙門主之。聽白衣能誦經五百紙者度為僧。或納錢百緡請牒剃落。亦賜明經出身及兩京平。又於關輔諸州納錢度僧道萬餘人。進納自此而始。改乾元復稱年○史思明殺安慶緒復反。

(Forty-two; dingyou [757 CE]) In the first month, An Lushan's son Qingxu had Li Zhuer assassinate Lushan and set himself up [as emperor]. In the ninth month, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Guo Ziyi crushed An Qingxu and recovered the capital. In the tenth month, the emperor arrived from Lingwu. In the twelfth month, the Retired Emperor arrived from Western Shu. Soon afterward, an altar was established in the inner imperial palace, where lectures, recitations, and praises were conducted with great solemnity. Prime Minister Zhang Gao remonstrated, saying, 'The blessings of the Son of Heaven consist essentially in nourishing the people, so as to improve customs through a single unified realm. We have never heard that trivial Buddhist rituals can bring about great peace. May Your Majesty take non-action (asaṃskṛta) as your mind, and not disturb your imperial thoughts with the Hīnayāna.' The emperor did not accept this. Soon he decreed that temples be built on each of the Five Sacred Peaks and that monks of lofty conduct be chosen to preside over them. Laymen who could recite five hundred sheets of scripture were permitted to be ordained as monks; alternatively, those who paid one hundred strings of cash could request an ordination certificate to shave their heads and receive the status of having passed the classics examination, and both capitals were pacified. Furthermore, in the various prefectures of the metropolitan regions, over ten thousand monks and Daoists were ordained upon payment of money. The practice of purchasing ordination certificates began from this. The era name was changed to Qianyuan, reverting to the designation of *nian*. Shi Siming killed An Qingxu and rebelled once again.