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隋帝請經法師受菩薩戒。詔曰。朕夙膺多祉恭嗣寶命。方欲歸依正覺欽崇聖果。今請經法師於大興善殿受菩薩戒。然菩薩之教以解脫為先。戒行之本以慈悲為始。今囹圄幽闇有動于懷。自流罪以下悉可原放。又勅曰。佛以正法付囑國王。朕是人尊受佛付囑。自今以後訖朕一世。每月常請二七僧。隨番上下轉經。經師四人大德三人。於大興善殿讀一切經文（辯正錄）。

The Sui Emperor invited Dharma Master Jing to administer the bodhisattva precepts to him. The edict stated: "Having early on received manifold blessings, We respectfully succeed to the precious mandate. Intending to take refuge in the Correct Enlightenment and revere the holy fruit, We now invite Dharma Master Jing to administer the bodhisattva precepts in the Daxingshan Hall. Now, the teachings of the bodhisattva take liberation as foremost, and the foundation of observing precepts takes compassion as primary. The dark imprisonment of the gaols presently moves Our heart; all prisoners sentenced to exile and below may be pardoned and released." He also decreed: "The Buddha entrusted the True Dharma to kings. We, as the exalted of humankind, have received the Buddha's entrustment. From this time forward until the end of Our life, every month fourteen monks shall regularly be invited to turn the scriptures in shifts. Four scriptural chanters and three bhadantas shall read all the scriptural texts in the Daxingshan Hall" (Bianzheng lu).