辯正論 3.10

3.10

In total, during the Song dynasty, there were altogether 1,913 monasteries, twenty-three translators of scriptures who produced 210 works. Eminent monks and wise masters were as lush as stands of rice and hemp; precious shrines and golden wheels were as dense as thickets of bamboo and reed. The Buddhist teaching flourished, and the devout believers multiplied. There were 36,000 monks and nuns.