釋氏稽古略 3.30

3.30

In the third year, yichou (629), in the first month, the Emperor ordered the monks and nuns in the capital to practice the Way in their respective monasteries on the fourteenth day of every month, turning scriptures such as the Renwang jing and Dayun jing as a permanent standard (Bianzheng lu). In the third month, an edict ordered the Daxingshan Monastery to inaugurate translation work. Śramaṇa Xuanmo and others translated the languages. Vinaya Master Guptā verified the translation. Falin, Huiyue, and others took up the brush and received the imperial command. Huicheng and others verified the meanings. An edict ordered Vice-Director of the Department of State Affairs Fang Xuanling, Supervising Secretary Du Zhenglun, and Minister of State Affairs Li Xiaogong to assist in the final collation and verification. Imperial Grandee and Chamberlain for the National Treasury Xiao Jing had general charge and supervision, and the various bureaus made provisions (Shijiao lu). In the sixth month, Chan Master Mingjing of Mizhou was summoned to the capital to pray for rain; an imperial order ordained three hundred monks (Tongji). An edict decreed that the Tongyi Palace, an old residence of the imperial family, should be made a nunnery, named Xingsheng (Hongming ji). In the eleventh month, an imperial edict instructed the abbot of Shengguang Monastery, Sengzhen, to go to the palace and welcome embroidered icons of Śākyamuni Buddha, bodhisattvas, holy monks, and vajras to be venerated at Shengguang Monastery. In the first month of the sixth year, forty-nine bhadantas from various monasteries were ordered to practice the Way for three weeks of seven days. On the concluding day of rejoicing in the embroidered icons, a vegetarian feast was offered to a thousand monks, and princes and dukes offered incense (Bianzheng lu).