釋氏稽古略 3.470

3.470

六月吳越忠獻王弘佐薨。遺令以丞相弘倧為鎮海鎮東節度使。是歲為內牙統軍使胡進思所廢。更立其弟弘俶。忠懿王也。王留心釋教。嗣位之初。凡兩浙諸郡名山聖跡之處。皆賜金帛創建伽藍。福州支提山乃天冠菩薩道場。王施七寶。鑄天冠像一千身。仍創寺宇。宏麗甲於七閩焉。

In the sixth month, King Zhongxian of Wuyue, [Qian] Hongzuo, passed away. By his testamentary decree, his chancellor Hongzong was appointed military commissioner of Zhenhai and Zhendong. That year, he was deposed by Hu Jinsi, military commissioner of the Palace Guard, who then enthroned his younger brother Hongchu, who was King Zhongyi. The king turned his mind to the teachings of the Śākya. At the beginning of his accession, throughout the prefectures of the Two Zhe, wherever there were famous mountains and sacred sites, he bestowed gold and silks to establish monasteries. Mount Zhiti in Fuzhou is the bodhimaṇḍa of the Tianguan (Buddhāvataṃsaka) Bodhisattva; the king donated the seven treasures, cast one thousand statues of Tianguan, and built monastery halls whose magnificence ranked foremost among the Seven Min.