集古今佛道論衡 3.4

3.4

皇唐啟運諸教並興。然於佛法彌隆信重。捨京舊第置興聖寺。自餘會昌勝業慈悲證果集仙等寺架築相尋。至於道觀無間於俗。武德四年有大史令傅奕者。先是黃巾。深忌緇服。既見國家別敬彌用疚心。乃上廢佛法事十有一條云。佛經訛誕言妖事隱。損國破家未聞益世。請胡佛邪教退還天竺。凡是沙門放歸桑梓則家國昌大。李孔之教行焉。

When the August Tang initiated its destiny, all teachings flourished alongside one another; yet regarding the Buddha-Dharma, faith and reverence were especially deep. [The emperor] gave up his old residence in the capital to establish Xingsheng Temple, and elsewhere temples such as Huichang, Shengye, Cibei, Zhengguo, and Jixian were constructed in succession. As for Daoist abbeys, they were no different from secular dwellings. In the fourth year of Wude, there was the Grand Astrologer Fu Yi. Formerly a Yellow Turban, he deeply resented the monastic robes. Seeing the state paying special respect [to Buddhism], his heart became all the more grieved. He then submitted eleven articles on abolishing the Buddha-Dharma, stating: 'The Buddhist scriptures are false and absurd, their words bewitching and their matters obscure. They harm the state and ruin families, and have never been heard to benefit the world. I request that the barbarian Buddha's perverse teaching be sent back to Tianzhu, and that all śramaṇas be dismissed back to their native places; then the family and state will prosper and become great, and the teachings of Li [Laozi] and Kong [Confucius] will be practiced.'