[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大唐大慈恩寺三藏法師傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2053) › 7.16 # 大唐大慈恩寺三藏法師傳 7.16 大唐大慈恩寺三藏法師傳 7.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2053.7.16) 帝少勞兵事，纂曆之後又心存兆庶，及遼東征罰，櫛沐風霜，旋旆已來，氣力頗不如平昔，有憂生之慮。既遇法師，遂留心八正，牆塹五乘，遂將息平復。因問：「欲樹功德，何最饒益？」法師對曰：「眾生寢惑，非慧莫啟。慧芽抽殖，法為其資。弘法由人，即度僧為最。」　帝甚歡。秋九月己卯，詔曰：「昔隋季失御，天下分崩，四海塗原，八埏鼎沸。朕屬當戡亂，躬履兵鋒，丞犯風霜，宿於馬上。比加藥餌猶未痊除，近日已來方就平復，豈非福善所感而致此休徵耶？京城及天下諸州寺宜各度五人，弘福寺宜度五十人。」計海內寺三千七百一十六所，計度僧尼一萬八千五百餘人。未此已前，天下寺廟遭隋季凋殘，緇侶將絕，蒙茲一度，並成徒眾。美哉！君子所以重正言也。 - [Previous: 7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2053.7.15) - [Next: 7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2053.7.17) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2053.7) ## Linked texts (1) - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.11.48) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2053.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2053.7.16) · Pramāṇa