佛祖歷代通載 6.22

6.22

道家三皇經。乃鮑靜所撰十四紙也。彼曰。凡諸侯有此文者必為國王。大夫有此文者為人父母。庶人有此文者錢財自聚。婦人有此文者必為皇后。既犯國諱。永康中被誅。出晉史。後人改曰三洞。至唐二十年貞觀間。吉州囚人劉紹妻王氏。有五嶽真仙圖及鮑靜所撰三皇經。時吉州司法參軍吉辨因檢囚。於王氏處得之申省。勅令邢部郎中紀懷業等。追京下道士張惠元成武英等勘問。得在先道士鮑靜所撰妄為墨本。非今元等所造。勅令毀除。追諸道士及百姓有此文者。其年冬並集得之。遂於禮部廳前悉焚之。

The Daoist Scripture of the Three Sovereigns consisted of fourteen sheets of paper composed by Bao Jing. He stated: 'Any feudal lord who possesses this text is certain to become king of a state; any grand master who possesses this text will become a parent to the people; any commoner who possesses this text will see wealth amass on its own; and any woman who possesses this text is certain to become an empress.' Because this violated imperial taboos, he was executed in the Yongkang era; this is recorded in the Jin History. Later people altered its name to the Three Caverns. In the twentieth year of the Zhenguan era under the Tang, Wang, the wife of Liu Shao, a prisoner in Ji Prefecture, possessed the Chart of the True Immortals of the Five Marchmounts and the Scripture of the Three Sovereigns composed by Bao Jing. At that time, Ji Bian, the adjutant of the judicial section of Ji Prefecture, found them in Wang's possession during an inspection of prisoners and reported it to the Department of State Affairs. An imperial decree ordered Ji Huaiye, a bureau director in the Ministry of Justice, and others to summon the capital Daoists Zhang Huiyuan, Cheng Wuying, and others for interrogation. They determined that these had been forged as ink-written texts by the former Daoist Bao Jing, and were not composed by the contemporary Yuan and his circle. An imperial decree ordered them destroyed and removed, and all Daoists and commoners who possessed these texts were summoned. In the winter of that year, all were assembled and procured, and they were then thoroughly burned in front of the court of the Ministry of Rites.