續集古今佛道論衡 1.39

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帝聞法師一言。轉加意大。即辭法師入城　勅有司令辦供設齋。并勅五品已上文武內外官人。仰十五日平旦悉集白馬寺。十三日道士在白馬寺南門外。道東裏東西置三壇。壇別開二十四門。西壇置太上靈寶天尊經合三百六十九卷。中壇置諸子黃老等二十七家書合有二百三十五卷。東壇置饌食奠祀百靈。十四日帝設七寶行殿。在白馬寺南門道西步。置佛舍利及佛經像。十五日平旦。大眾普集。已時齋訖。

Hearing this single statement from the Dharma Master, the Emperor's resolve grew even greater. He then took leave of the Dharma Master and entered the city, ordering the authorities to prepare offerings and provide a vegetarian feast, and commanding all civil and military officials, both inside and outside [the court], of the fifth rank and above, to assemble completely at Baima Temple at dawn on the fifteenth day. On the thirteenth day, outside the south gate of Baima Temple, inside the lane east of the road, the Daoist masters set up three altars from east to west. Each altar opened twenty-four gates. On the western altar they placed the scriptures of the Taishang Lingbao Celestial Worthy, totaling 369 fascicles. On the central altar they placed the books of the various philosophers, Huang-Lao, and others, comprising twenty-seven schools, totaling 235 fascicles. On the eastern altar they placed food and libations to sacrifice to the hundred spirits. On the fourteenth day, the Emperor set up a traveling palace of the seven jewels some paces west of the road at the south gate of Baima Temple, where he placed the Buddha's śarīra as well as Buddhist scriptures and images. At dawn on the fifteenth day, the great assembly gathered completely, and by the hour of *si* [9–11 a.m.] the vegetarian feast had concluded.