隋天台智者大師別傳 1.14

1.14

銑法師云。大師所造有為功德。造寺三十六所。大藏經十五藏。親手度僧一萬四千餘人。造栴檀金銅素畫像八十萬軀。傳弟子三十二人。得法自行不可稱數。

Dharma Master Xian said: As for the conditioned meritorious deeds performed by the Great Master, he built thirty-six temples and fifteen complete sets of the Buddhist canon; he personally ordained more than fourteen thousand monks; he made eight hundred thousand sandalwood, gold, bronze, and painted images; he transmitted [the teaching] to thirty-two disciples; and those who attained the Dharma and practiced on their own were beyond count.