辯正論 3.41

3.41

Senior General Assisting the State He Wuji under the Jin (whose reverence and faith were consummate, and who founded Zhiyuan Monastery). Because Emperor An had returned west, the imperial fortunes were victorious and peaceful, clerics and laypeople rejoiced together, and the region south of the Yangzi was prosperous, Wuji urged the Emperor to promote the Buddhist school and cultivate meritorious deeds. Regional Inspector of Yongzhou Xi Hui under the Jin (when Amitābha wandered forth, he built Jinxiang Monastery). Governor of Wuchang Tao Kan under the Jin: when Kan governed Guangzhou, a fisherman saw a divine light in the sea that grew increasingly bright for ten days. Hui reported this to Kan. Kan went to look at it, and it turned out to be an image of King Aśoka. He brought it back to Wuchang and sent it to Hanxi Monastery. That merit stirred the feelings and inspired faith near and far was through Kan's effort.