集沙門不應拜俗等事 3.29

3.29

中原魏氏十有餘君。一百五十五年。佛法大行備見魏收良史。唯大武真君七年聽讒滅法。經於五載感癘而崩。還興佛法。終於靜帝。自晉失御中原江表稱帝國分十六（謂五涼四燕三秦二趙夏蜀是也）斯諸偽政信法不虧。唯赫連弗弗據有夏州兇暴無厭以殺為樂。佩像背上令僧禮之。後為震死。尋為北代所吞。妻子形刻具如蕭子顯齊書。

Under the Wei house of the Central Plains, through ten or more rulers over one hundred fifty-five years, the Buddha-Dharma flourished widely, as fully documented in the fine history by Wei Shou. Only in the seventh year of the Taiping Zhenjun era of Emperor Taiwu did he heed slander and destroy the Dharma; after five years he was stricken with leprosy and died, whereupon the Buddha-Dharma was revived again, lasting down to Emperor Jing. Since the Jin lost control of the Central Plains and the regions south of the Yangtze, emperors declared themselves across sixteen kingdoms (namely, the Five Liang, Four Yan, Three Qin, Two Zhao, Xia, and Shu); none of these illegitimate regimes fell short in their faith in the Dharma. Only Helian Bobo, who occupied Xia Prefecture, was ferociously cruel and insatiable, taking delight in killing: he wore an image on his back and ordered monks to bow to it. Later he was struck dead by thunder, and his realm was soon swallowed up by the Northern Dai. The carving and mutilation of his wife and children are fully described in Xiao Zixian's Book of Qi.