釋氏稽古略 2.187

2.187

魏西竺沙門菩提流支。此云覺希。詔居紫極殿譯論。魏帝於式乾殿講維摩經。時魏朝專尚釋氏。洛陽中國沙門之外西域來者三千餘人。帝別立永明寺。房舍千餘間居之。延昌時。凡郡州佛寺一萬三千餘所。僧至二百萬（北史）。

In Northern Wei, the śramaṇa Bodhiruci from western India (translated here as Juexi, "Aspiration for Awakening"), was decreed to reside in the Ziji Hall to translate treatises. The Wei Emperor lectured on the Vimalakīrti Sūtra in the Shiqian Hall. At that time, the Wei court exclusively honoured Buddhism. Beyond the Chinese śramaṇas of Luoyang, there were more than three thousand who had arrived from the Western Regions. The emperor separately established Yongming Monastery, with more than a thousand chambers, for them to dwell in. During the Yanchang era, Buddhist temples throughout the commanderies and prefectures numbered more than 13,000, and the monks reached two million. (History of the Northern Dynasties).