釋氏稽古略 3.284

3.284

In the guisi year, the fourteenth year of Xiantong, in the third month, an imperial edict ordered the welcoming of the Buddha bone from Famen Monastery in Fengxiang. On the eighth day of the fourth month it arrived in the capital. The Emperor ascended the tower of Anfu Gate to welcome and pay homage to it, introduced it into the inner bodhimaṇḍa for three days of offerings, and sent it to various monasteries in the capital. In the seventh month the Emperor passed away, and the Crown Prince ascended the throne. In the fourth month of the following year, an edict ordered the Buddha bone to be returned to Fengxiang. The elders and senior citizens of the capital bade farewell and saw it off, all weeping and shedding tears (Old Book of Tang).