辯正論 3.83

3.83

Regarding the above, under the two rulers of the Puliuru Yang clan of the Sui during their thirty-seven years, there were 3,985 temples, 236,200 monks and nuns ordained, and twenty-six translators producing eighty-two works of sūtras. Indeed, when the Sui established the state, the Buddhist assembly met with prosperity. Emperor Wen initially inaugurated sacred rituals, and auspicious omens multiplied repeatedly. Emperor Yang succeeded to the precious reign, and his constructions were even more numerous. Ever since he was in his princely residence, he established four bodhimandas, upholding both Śākya and Lao[zi] and providing for them both internally and externally. When he ascended the throne, he sought out and promoted them even more broadly: whoever had a single art brought benefit to living beings, and those summoned thrice resided in special lodgings; he made offerings of the four necessities to more than two thousand men. On each death anniversary every year, he universally held great vegetarian feasts and ordained monks and nuns in each case, establishing this as a permanent rule. In the final years of Daye, rebellious bandits arose violently; although troubles abounded in the suburban ramparts and weapons clashed continuously, his profound reverence remained unified and unblemished from beginning to end. Assisting and glorifying Buddhist principles, his deeds were inscribed on stone steles.