佛祖歷代通載 8.68

8.68

(33) The Treatise on Buddhism and Daoism states: Emperor Xiaowen of the Wei was a sagely son of heaven. At five he received the abdication, and at ten he donned the crown. In the eighteenth year of Taihe, he moved the capital to Luo; in the twentieth year, he changed the imperial surname to Yuan. His compositions numbered a hundred pieces, excelling both ancient and modern times. When he first ascended the throne, edicts and proclamations were drafted by officials; after Taihe, he wrote them all with his own brush, surpassing all preceding and succeeding emperors. He issued a total of seven edicts to greatly promote the Three Jewels. The emperor constructed the two stupas of Luya and Luyuan; cliffside cells and meditation chambers were all solemn and magnificent.