宋高僧傳 2.61

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有沙門明佺者，不知何許人，出家隸業，悉在佛授記寺。尤善毘尼，兼閑經論。天冊萬歲元年，勅令刊定經目，佺所專纂錄，編次持疑，更與翻經大德二十餘人同共參正，號曰《大周經錄》焉。智昇云：「雖云刊定，繁穢尤多。徒見流行，寔難憑準。」蓋此錄支經別品，雜沓不倫，致為昇公之所黜矣。

There was a śramaṇa named Mingquan, whose origins are unknown. His renunciation and studies all took place at the Foshouji Temple. He was particularly proficient in the vinaya and also well versed in the sūtras and treatises. In the first year of the Tiancewansui era [695], an imperial decree commanded the revision and establishment of a canonical catalogue. Quan took special charge of compiling the records, organizing the sequences, and resolving doubts, further consulting and collaborating with more than twenty eminent translation masters to verify and correct it; it was entitled The Great Zhou Scripture Catalogue. Zhisheng said: ‘Although termed a revised catalogue, it contains a great deal of redundancy and disorder. Circulating in vain, it is truly difficult to rely upon.’ This catalogue placed branch scriptures and separate chapters together in an unsystematic and disorderly fashion, which led to its dismissal by Master Sheng.