佛祖歷代通載 18.14

18.14

（己巳）　二月十六長春節詔（四海僧上表入殿庭。試三學十餘條。全通者賜紫衣。號曰手表僧。宰輔親王監司刺史各薦所知。唯西街所薦。是日入內殿。門下牒謂之簾前師號。仍賜紫衣）。

(jisi) On the sixteenth day of the second month, the Changchun Festival, an imperial decree [commanded]: (Monks from the four seas submit memorials to enter the palace courtyard to be tested on over ten items in the three learnings. Those who are thoroughly proficient are granted purple robes and titled 'Monks of the Hand-Memorial'. The Prime Minister, imperial princes, supervisory commissioners, and prefects each recommend their acquaintances; only those recommended by the Western Street entered the inner palace on that day. The diploma of the Chancellery was called the 'Master Title before the Screen', and they were likewise granted purple robes).