釋氏稽古略 4.162

4.162

At the Scripture Translation Institute, Weijing, Grand Master for Closing Court, Probationary Director of the Court of State Ceremonial, and Great Master of Luminous Brahma, seeing the ministers in charge cutting back and reducing the affairs of translating scriptures, submitted a memorial in advance requesting his own retirement. The Emperor said, “The Three Sages revered this; how could I dare abolish it? Moreover, the items recorded in precious tributes are all written in foreign scripts; who but the Court of State Ceremonial could recognize them?” He did not grant permission. Shortly thereafter, Palace Censor-in-Chief Kong Daofu and others indeed requested the closure of the translation institute. The Emperor brought out Jing’s memorial to show them, and Daofu’s proposal was thereupon dropped (Xiangshan lu).