釋氏稽古略 3.31

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建寺　閏十二月。帝念隋氏以來幽魂滯魄。詔曰。有隋失道。九服沸騰。朕親總元戎致茲明罰。切恐九泉之下尚淪鼎鑊。八難之間永纏氷炭。所以樹立福田濟其魂魄。可於建義以來交兵之處。為義士凶徒殞身滅陣者各建寺剎。招延勝侶。望法鼓所震變炎火於青蓮。清梵所聞易苦海於甘露。所司量定處所並立寺宇。具為事條。以聞稱朕矜哀之意（舊史）　次年壁壘咸置伽藍。破薛舉豳州立昭仁寺。破王世充洛州立昭覺寺。破劉武周汾州立弘濟寺。破宋金剛晉州立慈雲寺。破霍老生呂州立普濟寺。破竇建德鄭州立等慈寺。破劉黑闥洛州立昭福寺。勅虞世南李伯藥褚遂良顏師古岑文本許敬宗朱子奢分撰新寺碑誌。貞觀二十年帝征遼回。為陣亡薦度。幽州創閔忠閣寺（大典錄）。庚寅。帝謂常服未有差等。八月詔自今三品以上服紫。四品五品服緋。六品七品服綠。八品服青。婦人從其夫色（唐書）。

Building Monasteries. In the intercalary twelfth month, the Emperor, remembering the wandering and stranded souls since the Sui dynasty, issued an edict: "The Sui lost the Way, and the nine divisions of the empire seethed with chaos. We personally took command of the great forces and applied these manifest punishments. We deeply fear that beneath the nine springs [the dead] are still plunged into cauldrons, and amid the eight difficulties are forever entangled in ice and coals. Therefore, we establish fields of merit to deliver their spirits. Wherever battles were fought since the inception of the righteous cause, let monasteries be built for the righteous warriors and evil rebels who lost their lives and perished on the battlefield, inviting and retaining superior companions of the Way. We hope that where the Dharma drum resounds, blazing fires will turn into blue lotuses, and where the clear chanting is heard, the sea of suffering will transform into ambrosia. Let the authorities determine the locations and erect the monastery structures, reporting all specific regulations so as to manifest our sense of sorrow and pity" (Jiu shi). In the following year, saṅghārāmas were built at all the fortifications: at Binzhou, where Xue Ju was crushed, Zhaoren Monastery was established; at Luozhou, where Wang Shichong was crushed, Zhaojue Monastery was established; at Fenzhou, where Liu Wuzhou was crushed, Hongji Monastery was established; at Jinzhou, where Song Jingang was crushed, Ciyun Monastery was established; at Lüzhou, where Huo Laosheng was crushed, Puji Monastery was established; at Zhengzhou, where Dou Jiande was crushed, Dengci Monastery was established; at Luozhou, where Liu Heita was crushed, Zhaofu Monastery was established. An edict ordered Yu Shinan, Li Boyao, Chu Suiliang, Yan Shigu, Cen Wenben, Xu Jingzong, and Zhu Zishe to compose the stele records for each of the new monasteries. In the twentieth year of Zhenguan, when the Emperor returned from the expedition against the Liaodong region, he founded Minzhong Pavilion Monastery in Youzhou to deliver those who had died in battle (Dadian lu). In the gengyin year, the Emperor considered that ordinary clothing lacked grades of distinction; in the eighth month, an edict decreed that henceforth those of the third rank and above wear purple, the fourth and fifth ranks wear scarlet, the sixth and seventh ranks wear green, and the eighth rank wear dark cyan; wives were to follow the colors of their husbands (Tang shu).