釋氏稽古略 3.34

3.34

In the fifth year, xinmao (631), the Emperor built Cide Monastery at Qingshan Palace and Yaotai Monastery at Zhaoling for Empress Dowager Mu. An edict instructed Dharma Master Xuanwan to copy the Buddhist Canon for the Empress at Deye Monastery within the imperial park, and further to produce another canon at Yanxing Monastery, placing both under Wan's supervision. In the sixth year, renchen (632), an edict turned an old residence in Taiyuan into Tiangong Monastery in honor of Empress Dowager Mu. West of the Palace City, within Zhen'an City, he also built a monastery for Empress Dowager Mu, which was likewise named Hongfu (Bianzheng lu). In the seventh year, guisi (633), an imperial edict prohibited catching fish with weirs and dams, and ended all butchering and slaughter. Three thousand monks and nuns were ordained (Bianzheng lu).