釋鑑稽古略續集 2.124

2.124

丙寅洪武十九年。勅天下寺院有田糧者。設砧基道人。一應差役不許僧應。

In the bingyin year, the nineteenth year of Hongwu (1386), an imperial decree ordered that monasteries under Heaven possessing land and grain tax should establish land-registry postulants; monks were not permitted to undertake any corvée duties.