釋氏稽古略 3.30

3.30

已丑三年正月。帝勅京城僧尼於當寺每月二七日行道。轉仁王大雲等經以為常式（辨正錄）　三月詔大興善寺創開傳譯。沙門玄謨等譯語。崛多律師證譯。法琳慧月等執筆承旨。慧乘等證義。勅僕射房玄齡給事杜正倫尚書李孝恭參助詮定。光祿大夫太府卿蕭璟總知監護。百司供給（釋教錄）　六月詔密州明淨禪師入京祈雨。有旨度僧三百人（統紀）　詔以通義宮皇家舊宅宜為尼寺。興聖為名（弘明集）　十一月勅勝光寺主僧珍。就宮迎釋迦佛菩薩聖僧金剛繡像。供養於勝光寺。六年正月。命諸寺大德四十九人三七日行道。慶諸繡像散日齋供千僧。王公行香（辨正錄）。

In the third year, yichou (629), in the first month, the Emperor ordered the monks and nuns in the capital to practice the Way in their respective monasteries on the fourteenth day of every month, turning scriptures such as the Renwang jing and Dayun jing as a permanent standard (Bianzheng lu). In the third month, an edict ordered the Daxingshan Monastery to inaugurate translation work. Śramaṇa Xuanmo and others translated the languages. Vinaya Master Guptā verified the translation. Falin, Huiyue, and others took up the brush and received the imperial command. Huicheng and others verified the meanings. An edict ordered Vice-Director of the Department of State Affairs Fang Xuanling, Supervising Secretary Du Zhenglun, and Minister of State Affairs Li Xiaogong to assist in the final collation and verification. Imperial Grandee and Chamberlain for the National Treasury Xiao Jing had general charge and supervision, and the various bureaus made provisions (Shijiao lu). In the sixth month, Chan Master Mingjing of Mizhou was summoned to the capital to pray for rain; an imperial order ordained three hundred monks (Tongji). An edict decreed that the Tongyi Palace, an old residence of the imperial family, should be made a nunnery, named Xingsheng (Hongming ji). In the eleventh month, an imperial edict instructed the abbot of Shengguang Monastery, Sengzhen, to go to the palace and welcome embroidered icons of Śākyamuni Buddha, bodhisattvas, holy monks, and vajras to be venerated at Shengguang Monastery. In the first month of the sixth year, forty-nine bhadantas from various monasteries were ordered to practice the Way for three weeks of seven days. On the concluding day of rejoicing in the embroidered icons, a vegetarian feast was offered to a thousand monks, and princes and dukes offered incense (Bianzheng lu).