釋氏稽古略 2.232

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北齊詔僧稠禪師至京齊王洋郊迎扶接入內。稠年過七十。神宇清曠。齊主拜受禪道。從受菩薩戒法。斷酒禁肉。放捨鷹鷂。去官佃漁。又勅天下。三月六日民間斷屠殺。勸令齋戒。官園私菜葷辛悉除。留師禁中四十餘日。勅於鄴城建雲門寺以居師。兼為石窟大寺主。洋專務禪學。勅諸州別置禪肆。令達定慧者居之。就傳教授。大起塔寺。僧尼滿於諸州。佛法東流此焉盛矣（僧史）。

Northern Qi summoned Chan Master Sengchou to the capital. Gao Yang, the King of Qi, went to the suburbs to welcome him and supported him by the arm into the palace. Chou was over seventy years of age, yet his spiritual bearing was pure and open. The Qi ruler bowed and received the Chan path, and took the Bodhisattva Precepts from him. He gave up liquor and banned meat, released his falcons and sparrowhawks, and abolished the official tenancy and fishing offices. Furthermore, he decreed throughout the realm that on the sixth day of the third month, the populace must halt all slaughter, encouraging them to maintain fasts and precepts; all pungent alliums and vegetables from both official and private gardens were eradicated. He retained the Master in the inner palace for more than forty days, and decreed the construction of Yunmen Temple in Ye City to house the Master, also appointing him abbot of the Great Grotto Temple. Gao Yang devoted himself single-mindedly to Chan studies. He decreed that separate Chan halls be established throughout the prefectures, instructing that those who had realized concentration and wisdom reside in them to pass on instruction. Pagodas and temples were erected on a grand scale, and monks and nuns filled the prefectures. The eastward spread of the Buddha-dharma reached its zenith here. (Monastic Histories)