釋氏稽古略 3.29

3.29

Monastic Discipline. In this year, the Emperor summoned Dharma Master Xuanwan into the palace to administer the bodhisattva precepts to the imperial concubines, the Crown Prince, the various princes, and others. Wan entered nirvāṇa in the twelfth month of the tenth year of Zhenguan (636). In his farewell memorial he wrote: "Sagely emperors and enlightened kings revere the Three Jewels. Should a śramaṇa happen to break the law, he ought not to receive the same statutory punishment as commoners; I beg that he be remanded to his monastic authority to be dealt with under monastic discipline." He also submitted the Anyang lun (Treatise on Peaceful Nourishment) and the Sande lun (Treatise on the Three Virtues). The Emperor commended and accepted it. He issued an edict grieving his demise, dispatched the Crown Prince to pay condolences, and ordered the authorities to provide the funeral paraphernalia. An imperial order for a śramaṇa's funeral in the Tang began with Wan. Moreover, a Buddhist stupa was built at his burial site, and the Emperor ordered the Junior Mentor of the Crown Prince Li Boyao to compose the stele inscription (Gaoseng zhuan).