釋鑑稽古略續集 3.37

3.37

On the seventh day of the third month of the eighteenth year of Yongle, gengzi, thirteen imperially composed scripture prefaces and twelve encomiums and postscripts for buddhas and bodhisattvas were promulgated to stand at the heads of the respective scriptures. The imperial court's Names and Buddhist Melodies of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas was compiled in fifty fascicles, the Scripture of Buddha Names was compiled in thirty fascicles, and the Biographies of Divine Monks was compiled in nine fascicles; all were admitted into the canon to circulate.