釋氏稽古略 2.257

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2.257

Dharma Master Fashang: Emperor Shizu, Chengdi (Zhan) of the Northern Qi, constructed an altar in the inner palace and invited Dharma Master Shang to bestow the refuges and precepts. The Emperor spread his hair upon the ground and had the Dharma master step upon his hair to ascend the seat. When the Emperor finished receiving the precepts, [the master] next conferred the bodhisattva precept Dharma upon the high ministers of the Eight Ministries, the empress and imperial consorts, and imperial relatives. He founded the Baode Monastery for the Dharma master to reside in. A proverb said: "The hope of the monks of the four seas; Fashang of the bodhimaṇḍa" (Monastery Records and Stele Inscriptions).

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釋氏稽古略 — Classical Chinese