辯正論 3.58

3.58

元魏太祖道武皇帝（諱珪）運鍾喪亂宇內分崩。生民不見俎豆之容。黔首時覩戎馬之迹。禮樂文章掃地將盡。太祖以雄傑之深姿。包大君之雅量。克平朔野。奄有中州。大啟龍光。潛被日用。天興元年下詔曰。佛法之興其來尚矣。於京邑建飾容範修整寺舍。又於虞虢之地造十五級浮圖。起開泰定國二寺。寫一切經。鑄千金像。召三百名僧。每月法集。

Emperor Daowu, the Grand Ancestor of the Northern Wei (taboo name Gui): His reign met with bereavement and turmoil, and the realm fell into ruin. The living people did not see the forms of sacrificial vessels; the common folk continually beheld the tracks of war horses. Ritual, music, and literary culture were almost completely swept away. The Grand Ancestor, with heroic and exceptional natural gifts and embracing the refined forbearance of a great sovereign, pacified the northern steppes and took complete possession of the central plains. He brightly revealed the radiant glory [of the Dharma], which silently influenced daily life. In the first year of the Tianxing reign era, he issued an edict stating: 'The flourishing of the Buddha-Dharma has existed since ancient times.' In the capital, he constructed and adorned sacred statues and restored monasteries and lodgings. Moreover, in the lands of Yu and Guo, he built a fifteen-story pagoda, and established the two temples of Kaitai and Dinguo. He had all the scriptures copied, cast a thousand-catty statue, and summoned three hundred famous monks to hold Dharma assemblies every month.