釋氏稽古略 2.187

2.187

In Northern Wei, the śramaṇa Bodhiruci from western India (translated here as Juexi, "Aspiration for Awakening"), was decreed to reside in the Ziji Hall to translate treatises. The Wei Emperor lectured on the Vimalakīrti Sūtra in the Shiqian Hall. At that time, the Wei court exclusively honoured Buddhism. Beyond the Chinese śramaṇas of Luoyang, there were more than three thousand who had arrived from the Western Regions. The emperor separately established Yongming Monastery, with more than a thousand chambers, for them to dwell in. During the Yanchang era, Buddhist temples throughout the commanderies and prefectures numbered more than 13,000, and the monks reached two million. (History of the Northern Dynasties).