廣弘明集 25.27

25.27

A Petition by the Monk Daoxuan and Others of Ximing Temple Submitted to Lady Yang, the Dowager Duchess of Rong, Requesting Deliberation That Śramaṇas Ought Not to Bow to the Laity, in One Piece (The Duchess was the mother of the Empress. She deeply revered the true transformation and greatly established gates of merit, casting statues, writing sutras, and constructing edifices without interruption. She went in and out of the imperial palace, and no one surpassed her in illustrious glory. The monks and others went to her gate and delivered this letter.)