佛祖歷代通載 18.4

18.4

（二）　是年十二月。詔於楊州城下戰地。造寺賜額建隆賜田四頃。命僧道暉主之。初周廢佛寺三萬三百所。毀鎮州大悲像鑄錢。世宗親秉鉞洞其膺。不四年疽潰于膺。帝偕太宗目擊其事。因問神僧麻衣。天下何時定。麻曰。甲子方大定。仍對以三武廢教之禍。帝深然之。及即位屢建佛寺。歲度八千僧（出歐陽外傳疏）。

([Year] 2) In the twelfth month of this year, an imperial decree ordered that at the battlefield below the walls of Yangzhou, a temple be built, bestowed the name Jianlong, and granted four qing of land; the monk Daohui was ordered to preside over it. Earlier, Zhou had abolished 30,300 Buddhist temples and melted down the Great Compassion image of Zhenzhou to cast coins. Shizong had personally wielded a battle-axe and pierced its breast; in less than four years, an ulcer ruptured on his breast. The Emperor [Song Taizu], together with Taizong, witnessed this event in person; therefore he asked the divine monk Mayi: "When will the realm be settled?" Mayi said: "Only in the jiazi year will it be greatly settled." He further replied with the disasters of the three Wu [emperors] who abolished the teaching. The Emperor deeply agreed with this. When he ascended the throne, he repeatedly built Buddhist temples and ordained eight thousand monks each year. (Taken from the commentary of Ouyang's Outer Biography).