[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) › 19.62 # 佛祖歷代通載 19.62 佛祖歷代通載 19.62 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [19.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.19.62) （三十九）　道士林靈素者。溫州人。善妖術。以雷公法甞往來不逞。於宿亳淮泗間。乞食諸寺。僧薄之。至楚州與惠世相敺擊。訟于官府。倅石仲問焉。喜其辨捷輕。後脫之置館中。問吐納燒煉蜚神之術。七年正月仲携入京。因道士徐知常。謁宰相蔡京。京致見帝。靈素大言曰。天上有神霄玉清府長生帝君主之。其弟青華帝君皆玉帝子。次有左元仙伯并書罰仙吏褚惠等八百餘官。謂帝即長生大帝君。蔡京為左元仙伯。已即褚惠。帝忻然信之。賜林金門羽客。建通真宮以處之。帝自號教主道君皇帝○二月詔。改天下大寺為神霄玉清萬壽宮。院為觀。設長生青華帝君像。置道學科。未幾有期門之事矣○四月詔道籙院。略曰。朕乃上帝元子。為太霄帝君。憫中華被金狄之難教。遂懇上帝願為人主。令天下歸於正道。卿等可上表冊。朕為教主道君皇帝。止用於教門上。以釋教經六千卷內惡談毀詞詆謗道儒二教。命近臣於道籙院看詳。取索焚棄之。 > (Thirty-nine) The Daoist Lin Lingsu was a native of Wenzhou, adept at magical arts. Through his thunder rites, he often wandered about without restraint in the region between Su, Bo, Huai, and Si, begging for food at various monasteries. The monks slighted him. Reaching Chuzhou, he engaged in a brawl with Huishe and sued in the government office. The vice-prefect Shi Zhong interrogated him, favored his quick eloquence, and later released him and lodged him in a guesthouse, inquiring into the arts of breathing, alchemy, and flying spirits. In the first month of the seventh year, Zhong brought him into the capital. Through the Daoist Xu Zhichang, he met Prime Minister Cai Jing. Jing presented him to the Emperor. Lingsu made extravagant claims, saying, 'In the heavens there is the Shenxiao Yuqing Palace ruled by the Longevity Sovereign Lord. His younger brother, the Qinghua Sovereign Lord, and he are both sons of the Jade Emperor. Below them are the Immortal Elder of the Left Origin and the Immortal Scribe of Punishments, Chu Hui, along with over eight hundred officials.' He claimed that the Emperor was the Great Longevity Sovereign Lord, Cai Jing was the Immortal Elder of the Left Origin, and he himself was Chu Hui. The Emperor gladly believed him, granted Lin the title of 'Feathered Guest of the Golden Gate', and built the Tongzhen Palace to house him. The Emperor styled himself 'Sovereign Emperor Lord of the Dao, Leader of the Teaching'. ○ In the second month, an imperial edict was issued, ordering that the grand Buddhist monasteries throughout the empire be converted into Shenxiao Yuqing Wanshou Palaces, and cloisters into Daoist abbeys, establishing images of the Longevity and Qinghua Sovereign Lords and instituting Daoist examinations. Before long, the incident of the Imperial Guards occurred. ○ In the fourth month, an imperial edict was issued to the Daoist Registry, which stated in brief: 'We are the eldest son of the Sovereign on High, the Sovereign Lord of Taixiao. Pitying China for being afflicted by the difficult-to-teach barbarians of Jin, We earnestly besought the Sovereign on High, wishing to become the ruler of men so that all under heaven might return to the correct Way. You officials may present a memorial enthroning Us as the Sovereign Emperor Lord of the Dao, Leader of the Teaching, to be used only within religious matters. Because the six thousand fascicles of the Buddhist canon contain evil discussions and slanderous words defaming the two teachings of Daoism and Confucianism, close ministers are commanded to examine them at the Daoist Registry, requisition them, and burn them.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 19.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.19.61) - [Next: 19.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.19.63) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.19) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.19.62) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.19.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.19.62) · Pramāṇa