佛祖歷代通載 7.20

7.20

Taizu, Emperor Daowu, [named] Gui (Before him were eleven rulers; the state's name was Dai, later Jin. It began with Tuoba Jiefen, who while hunting in the wilds encountered a heavenly maiden and fathered Liwei, who was Emperor Shenyuan, the founding ancestor of Wei.) (The emperor once escaped the summer heat on Mount Wutai, where an Indian monk came and begged for ground the size of a sitting mat. The emperor granted it. Thereupon the monk spread out the sitting mat, whose head surpassed the stars and tail swayed the sun and moon; a circumference of five hundred li all came under the sacred foundation. He was indeed an incarnation of Mañjuśrī.) (The founding ancestor fathered Emperor Zhang Xilu, Emperor Ping Chuo, Emperor Si Fu, Emperor Zhao Luguang, Emperor Mu Yilu, Emperor Pingwen Yulü, Emperor Hui Heru, Emperor Yang Hena, Emperor Lie Yihuai, and Emperor Zhaocheng Shiyijian. The above eleven rulers had not yet communicated with the Central Plains. ○ Regarding Gui, according to the genealogical records, his ancestors descended from the Yellow Emperor, sons of Changyi, enfeoffed in the northern regions. There was Mount Great Xianbei, from which they took their name. During the turmoil of Western Jin, there was Tuoba Lu, who moved to reside in Loufan. Jin enfeoffed him as King of Dai. Later, the tribes dispersed. After more than sixty years, it came to Lu's grandson Shiyi Shegui. The Book of Wei states that Gui was Taizu, Emperor Daowu of Wei. In the first year of Taiyuan, three hundred li east of Shuozhou, he built a city named Heng'an and served as Fu Jian's General of the Guard. After Jian's defeat, he assumed the true imperial title as Taizu Daowu. Upon his demise, Mingyuan succeeded him; when Yuan demised, Shizu, Emperor Taiwu, succeeded him. From then on, after four rulers, it reached Shizong, Emperor Xiaowen, who moved the capital to Luoyang, changed the imperial surname to Yuan, discarded barbarian dress and headgear, banned the barbarian language, and revered Chinese ways. At this time, there were only two states under heaven, termed the Northern and Southern Dynasties. In the beginning of the Wei, Buddhism was unheard of. When Shenyuan exchanged embassies with the Jin, they first came to extend faith. Monks numbered up to two million, temples numbered over thirty thousand, and translated sutras, vinaya, and treatises exceeded one thousand nine hundred fascicles. From antiquity, the flourishing of stupas and temples never surpassed this. The reign era was changed to Dengguo.)