釋氏稽古略 3.27

3.27

斷屠置寺　帝是年捨終南山太和舊宮。為高祖置龍田寺。後為翠微寺。帝以釋明瞻善識治方。詔入內殿賜齋。對詔廣陳帝王制御之術。敘釋門慈救為宗。帝大悅。因下勅年三月六日普斷屠殺。於行陣之所皆置佛寺（辨正錄）。

Prohibition of slaughter and establishment of monasteries: In this year, the Emperor gave up the old Taihe Palace on Mount Zhongnan to establish Longtian Monastery for Gaozu, which later became Cuiwei Monastery. Because Śākya Mingzhan was skilled in understanding methods of governance, the Emperor summoned him to the inner hall and bestowed a vegetarian meal. In response to the imperial audience, Mingzhan broadly expounded the arts of imperial rulership and stated that the Śākya teaching takes compassionate deliverance as its essential principle. The Emperor was greatly delighted; he thereupon issued an edict on the sixth day of the third month universally prohibiting slaughter, and ordered Buddhist monasteries to be established at all sites of battle (Bianzheng lun).