釋氏稽古略 2.286

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六月。隋帝詔以長安龍首山宜建都邑。城曰大興城。殿曰大興殿。寺曰大興善寺。詔境內之民任聽出家。仍計口出錢營造經像。以法師曇延為昭玄統。勅對譯經。又勅法師僧猛住大興善寺。尋進為隋國大統三藏法師。帝昔龍潛所經四十五州。至是同起大興國寺（開皇錄）。

In the sixth month, the Sui Emperor decreed that Longshou Mountain in Chang'an was suitable for building a capital city; the city was named Daxing City, the hall was named Daxing Hall, and the monastery was named Daxingshan Temple. He decreed that the populace throughout the realm be freely permitted to leave household life, and furthermore had funds collected per capita to produce scriptures and images. He appointed Dharma Master Tanyan as Controller of the Office for Illuminating the Mysteries (Zhaoxuan tong) and ordered him to assist in translating scriptures. He also ordered Dharma Master Sengmeng to reside at Daxingshan Temple, soon promoting him to Grand Controller and Tripiṭaka Dharma Master of the Great Sui Empire. In the forty-five prefectures through which the Emperor had previously passed during his days of obscurity, Daxingguo Temples were simultaneously founded (Kaihuang lu).