廣弘明集 2.10

2.10

太宗踐位。亦遵先業。京邑四方建立圖像。仍令沙門敷導民俗。皇始中趙郡沙門法果。戒行精至開演法籍。太祖詔徵以為沙門統綰攝僧徒。言多允愜供施甚厚。太宗崇敬彌加於前。永興中前後授以輔國宜城子忠信侯安城公之號。皆固辭。帝常親幸其居。以門狹小不容輿輦。更廣大之。年八十餘。太常中卒。帝三臨其喪。追贈老壽將軍趙胡靈公。初果年四十始為沙門。有子曰猛。詔令襲果所加爵（云云所述沙門等文多不載）。

When Taizong ascended the throne, he likewise adhered to the heritage of his predecessors, erecting images in the capital and all four quarters, and commanding the śramaṇas to guide and instruct popular customs. During the Huangshi reign era, the śramaṇa Faguo of Zhao commandery, whose monastic conduct was refined and strict, expounded the scriptures of the Dharma. Taizu issued an edict summoning him to be the Śramaṇa-Superintendent to oversee and govern the monastic community; his words were mostly agreeable and fitting, and the offerings bestowed upon him were very generous. Taizong revered him even more than before. During the Yongxing reign era, he was successively granted the titles of General Assisting the State, Viscount of Yicheng, Loyal and Trustworthy Marquis, and Duke of Ancheng, but he firmly declined them all. The Emperor often visited his residence in person; because the gate was too narrow to accommodate the imperial chariot, he had it widened. At over eighty years of age, he died during the Taichang reign era. The Emperor paid personal condolences at his mourning three times and posthumously conferred on him the title of Venerable General and Spirited Duke Zhao Hu. Formerly, when Faguo was forty, he had just become a śramaṇa; he had a son named Meng, and an edict commanded that he inherit the noble ranks previously conferred upon Faguo. (The various writings recording these śramaṇas are too numerous to include.)