釋氏稽古略 3.146

3.146

In the wuzi year, the seventh year of Tianbao, Senior General Gao Lishi built Baoshou Monastery in the Western Capital; when it was completed, he cast a great bell and organized a vegetarian feast to celebrate it. The entire court assembled. They agreed that for each strike of the bell, one hundred strings of cash must be donated. There were those eager to give who went up to twenty strikes (Tang jiushi).