佛祖歷代通載 9.7

9.7

（五　甲申）　天監三年四月八日。帝率道俗二萬餘人升重雲殿。親製文發願。乞憑佛力永棄道教。不在崇奉。略曰。經云。發菩提心者即是佛心。一切散善不得為喻。弟子蕭衍比經荒逆耽事老君。累葉相承深此邪法。今捨棄奮習歸仗正因。願使未來世童男出家廣弘經教化度含識。共證菩提。寧在正法中長淪惡道。不樂歸依老子暫得神仙。陟大乘心永離邪見。正願諸佛證明菩薩攝受。弟子蕭衍和南。

(5. Jiashan) On the eighth day of the fourth month in the third year of Tianjian, the Emperor led more than twenty thousand monastics and laypeople up to the Chongyun Hall, where he personally composed a text to make vows, begging to rely on the power of the Buddha to abandon Daoism forever and no longer venerate it. It said in brief: "The sūtras state that to arouse the bodhicitta is none other than the mind of the Buddha; all scattered good deeds cannot serve as an analogy. Your disciple Xiao Yan has recently fallen into neglect and error, indulging in serving the Old Master (Laozi); across successive generations, we have inherited and plunged deeply into this deviant teaching. Now I abandon old habits and take refuge in the correct cause, vowing that in future lifetimes I will leave household life as a youth, broadly propagate the teachings of the sūtras, convert and deliver sentient beings, and together realize bodhi. I would rather sink long into evil paths within the true Dharma than delight in taking refuge in Laozi to attain fleeting immortality. Advancing in the Mahāyāna mind, I forever depart from deviant views. I pray that all Buddhas bear witness and that bodhisattvas take me under their protection. Your disciple Xiao Yan bows with reverence."