[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037) › 4.376 # 釋氏稽古略 4.376 釋氏稽古略 4.376 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.376](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.376) 金九月大后趙氏寢疾。國王候起居。鄭宸妃亦至。后曰。我有一心願未遂。宸妃能成我意乎。我家三四百口為煬王（即海陵煬王也）所殺。叢塚在和龍（即燕慕容氏之黃龍府也）我欲創一寺在彼追薦冥福歲時奠享。我不敢費公錢。我自有錢七萬可以辦。汝說與皇帝。越旬太后崩。宸妃以其遺留分與中外姻親及諸趙氏之在京遠近者。奏手詔下和龍府起大明寺。造九級浮圖。遣太后殿內侍侯衍監造。務極壯麗。且度僧三萬人。施以度牒。度及五萬人也。寺傍建八寺以處之（金志）。 > In the ninth month in Jin, Empress Dowager Zhao fell ill. The king visited to inquire after her health, and Noble Consort Zheng also arrived. The Empress Dowager said, 'I have one cherished wish that remains unfulfilled; can the Noble Consort accomplish my intention? Three to four hundred members of my family were killed by Prince Yang (namely Prince Yang of Hailing), and their mass grave is at Helong (namely Huanglong Prefecture of the Murong clan of Yan). I wish to establish a monastery there to dedicate merits for them in the afterlife and offer seasonal sacrifices. I do not dare waste public funds; I have seventy thousand coins of my own that can manage it. Speak of this to the emperor.' After ten days, the Empress Dowager passed away. The Noble Consort divided her remains among internal and external marital relatives and the various Zhaos near and far in the capital. She submitted a memorial requesting an imperial edict be sent to Helong Prefecture to build Daming Monastery, construct a nine-tiered stūpa, and dispatch the Empress Dowager's palace eunuch Hou Yan to oversee construction, striving for supreme magnificence; furthermore, thirty thousand monks were ordained with ordination certificates, reaching as many as fifty thousand men ordained. Beside the monastery, eight monasteries were built to house them (from the Jinzhi). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.375](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.375) - [Next: 4.377](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.377) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037~en-mt.4.376) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.376](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.376) · Pramāṇa