[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) › 14.23 # 佛祖歷代通載 14.23 佛祖歷代通載 14.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.23) （丁巳）　十二年。宰相元載王縉有罪。載伏誅。籍其家鍾乳五百兩。胡椒八百斛。他物稱是。縉貶括州刺史。縉素奉佛不茹葷。晚節尤謹。妻死以第為佛祠。初帝未知重佛。每從容問縉所以然。縉必開陳福業報應。帝意向之。由是宮中祀佛。梵唄齋熏無少懈。群臣承風旨言死生報應。故人事置而不修。議者以縉與杜鴻漸泥佛太過云。 > (Dingsi) In the twelfth year, the Chief Ministers Yuan Zai and Wang Jin committed crimes. Zai was executed; his household was confiscated, yielding five hundred liang of stalactites and eight hundred hu of black pepper, with other items in like proportion. Jin was demoted to Prefect of Kuozhou. Jin had always revered Buddhism and abstained from meat, and in his later years he was especially meticulous. When his wife died, he converted his residence into a Buddhist shrine. Earlier, before the Emperor knew to revere Buddhism, he often asked Jin about it at leisure, and Jin invariably expounded upon meritorious deeds and karmic retribution. The Emperor became inclined toward it; consequently, the Buddha was worshipped in the palace, and Sanskrit chanting and vegetarian offerings were kept without the slightest laxity. The officials followed the imperial inclination, speaking of life, death, and retribution; human affairs were therefore neglected and left uncultivated. Critics remarked that Jin and Du Hongjian had fallen excessively into Buddhist obsession. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.22) - [Next: 14.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.24) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.14.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.23) · Pramāṇa