廣弘明集 6.9

6.9

隋大業八年。天子在遼。有王文同者。郊東王堡人也。夙與僧爭水磑之利。勅令巡問軍實。乃矯詔集僧。三木加身考令云反。并令引邑議同謀遂誅剪僧徒於河間郡。殺道俗近一千人。傳符達於蒲州。酷聲遍於天下。時竇慶為河東太守。以狀奏聞。帝大怒。於河間戮之。未及加刑。百姓臠之生噉。乃及於土地。以此反例下述。反僧亦相符。此然初因僧起謗毀佛法。咸因宿忿。不思累劫之溺。而欲一時之快。泄在帝臣非關上事。非位不謀。已如前咎。徒為舉斧終陷磨胸。故集者隨傳敘之。庶後葉之龜鏡也。

In the eighth year of the Daye era of the Sui, when the Son of Heaven was in Liaodong, there was a man named Wang Wentong from Wang Fort east of the suburbs. He had long had a dispute with monks over the profits of a water mill. Having received an imperial edict to inspect military provisions, he forged an imperial decree to assemble the monks, placed the three wooden shackles on them, tortured them to confess to rebellion, and ordered them to implicate local citizens as co-conspirators. He then slaughtered the monastic followers in Hejian commandery, killing nearly one thousand monastics and laypeople. The dispatches were circulated as far as Puzhou, and the reputation of his cruelty spread throughout the empire. At that time, Dou Qing was the governor of Hedong and reported the matter to the throne. The emperor was greatly enraged and had him executed at Hejian. Before the execution could be carried out, the common people sliced his flesh and ate it raw, down to the ground. Through this example of rebellion described below, the rebellion against the monks also corresponds. These slanders and destructions of the Buddhist Dharma initially arose from monks because of old grudges; without considering falling into drowning for many kalpas, they sought a moment's pleasure. Vented among emperors and ministers, these were not matters of state memorials. Meddling in matters outside one's station, they incurred the previous faults: vainly raising the axe, in the end they fell into having their chests ground down. Therefore, I, the compiler, narrate them following the biographies, hoping to serve as a mirror for future generations.