釋氏稽古略 2.298

2.298

In the first month, the Chen Emperor was captured by Han Qinhu, Sui Commander-in-Chief of Luzhou. The Sui Emperor decreed that the city, settlements, and palace buildings of Jiankang be leveled and plowed for agriculture, and he newly established Jiangzhou at Shitou City before withdrawing his army. He appointed Wang Shao, Chief Clerk, Right Vice-Director of the Department of State Affairs, and Major, to garrison Shitou. In the third month, the Chen ruler together with his princes, dukes, and hundred officials departed Jiankang, and in the fourth month arrived in Chang'an. The Sui Emperor bestowed upon the Chen ruler extremely lavish gifts, granted him audience frequently, and ranked him equally with the third grade. He died in the fourth year of Renshou. He was posthumously granted the title of Grand General and Duke of Changcheng County, and given the posthumous title Yang (Sui shu). Under the Chen, there were three translation masters, who brought forth two hundred fascicles of scriptures and treatises. There were one thousand two hundred and thirty-two monasteries: seventeen new monasteries built by the state, sixty-eight built by the hundred officials, and three hundred large monasteries within the city walls; there were thirty-two thousand monks and nuns (Bianzheng lu).