廣弘明集 25.31

25.31

後漢明帝永平中。上夢金人飛行殿前。乃使秦景等往西域尋佛法。遂獲三寶東傳雒陽。畫釋迦立像。是佛寶也。翻四十二章經。是法寶也。迦竺來儀。是僧寶也。立寺於雒城西門。度人開化自近之遠。展轉住持終於漢祚。魏氏一代五主四十五年。隆敬漸深不聞拜毀。吳氏江表四主五十九年。孫權創開佛法。感瑞立寺名為建初。其後孫皓虐政將事除屏。諸臣諫之乃止。召僧而受五戒。

During the Yongping era of Emperor Ming of the Later Han, the Emperor dreamt of a golden man flying in front of the palace hall. He then dispatched Qin Jing and others to the Western Regions to seek the Buddhadharma. Consequently, they obtained the triratna and transmitted it eastward to Luoyang. The standing portrait of Śākya[muni] was painted: this was the Buddha jewel. The Sutra of Forty-two Chapters was translated: this was the Dharma jewel. Kā[śyapa Mātaṅga] and Zhu [Falan] arrived: this was the Saṅgha jewel. A monastery was established at the west gate of the city of Luo, ordaining people and teaching them, spreading from near to far. It was maintained through successive generations until the end of the Han dynasty. Throughout the Wei dynasty, across five rulers and forty-five years, reverence grew ever deeper, and there was no mention of bowing or suppression. Throughout the Wu dynasty in the Jiangbiao region, across four rulers and fifty-nine years, Sun Quan first opened the Buddhadharma; moved by an auspicious omen, he established a monastery named Jianchu. Later, when Sun Hao's tyrannical rule was about to abolish and suppress it, the various ministers remonstrated with him, and he ceased, summoning a monk to receive the five precepts.