辯偽錄 2.37

2.37

長生天氣力裏皇帝聖旨。宣撫司每根底城子裏村子裏達魯花赤根底官人每根底張真人為頭兒。先生每根底宣諭的聖旨馬兒年和尚先生每持論經文。問倒先生每的上頭十七箇先生每根底教做了。和尚也已前屬和尚每底。先生每占了的四百八十二處寺院內二百三十七處寺院。并田地水土產業和尚根底回與也麼。道張真人為頭兒。先生每退狀文字與了來。又先生每說謊做來的化胡經等文字印板教燒了者。石碑上有底不揀甚麼。上頭寫著底文字有。呵盡都毀壞了者。麼道來。又已前先生每三教裏釋迦牟尼佛的聖像。當中間裏塑著有老君孔夫子的相貌。左右兩邊塑著有來。如今先生每把已前體例。撇了釋迦牟尼佛的。聖像下頭塑者存麼道。這般說有依著已前三教體例裏做者。釋迦牟尼佛的聖像下頭塑有。呵改正了者。麼道斷了來。如今少林長老為頭兒。和尚每奏告教回與來的寺院內。一半不曾回與了的。却再爭有。又說謊做來的化胡經等文字印板。一半不曾燒了有。三教也不依著已前體例裏做有。麼道這言語是實那是虛。真箇這的每言語一般呵一般斷了者別了呵怎生行的依著。已前斷了的內不曾回與來的寺院。有呵但屬寺家的田地水土產業回與了者。說謊做來的化胡經文書印板。不曾毀壞了的有。呵毀壞了者。三教也依著已前體例裏做者。俺每的這聖旨這宣諭了。呵已前斷了的言語別了。呵寺院的田地不回與。呵爭底人有呵斷按打奚罪過者。又這和尚每有聖旨麼道。已前斷了的已外。不屬自己的寺院田地水土爭。呵不怕罪過。那甚麼聖旨俺每底鷄兒。年六月二十八日開平府有的。時分寫來。

By the power of Eternal Heaven, imperial edict of the Emperor: An edict proclaimed to the Pacification Commissions, to the darughachis of towns and villages, to the officials, and to the Daoist masters headed by Perfected Master Zhang. In the Year of the Horse, when the monks and Daoist masters debated the scriptures and the Daoist masters were refuted and confounded, seventeen Daoist masters were thereupon ordered to shave their heads and become monks. Moreover, of the four hundred and eighty-two monasteries that originally belonged to the monks but had been occupied by the Daoist masters, two hundred and thirty-seven monasteries, along with their fields, lands, waters, soils, and estates, were ordered to be returned to the monks; and an instrument of restitution was submitted by the Daoist masters headed by Perfected Master Zhang. Furthermore, the printing blocks and texts of the Huahu jing and other works mendaciously fabricated by the Daoist masters were ordered to be burnt; and whatever was engraved upon stone steles, whatever texts were written thereon, were all to be completely destroyed. Moreover, formerly among the Three Teachings, the sacred image of Śākyamuni Buddha was sculpted in the center, while the likenesses of Lord Lao and Master Kong were sculpted on the left and right sides; now, if the Daoist masters have cast aside that former precedent and sculpted the sacred image of Śākyamuni Buddha below, it was judged that they must follow the former precedent of the Three Teachings and make correction wherever the sacred image of Śākyamuni Buddha has been sculpted below. Now, Elder [Fu]yu of Shaolin and the other monks have submitted a memorial saying that, of the monasteries that were ordered to be returned, half have not yet been returned and are still being disputed; furthermore, of the printing blocks and texts of the Huahu jing and other works mendaciously fabricated, half have not yet been burnt; and with regard to the Three Teachings, they also do not follow the former precedent. Are these words true or are they false? If these words of theirs are indeed true, it shall be settled according to the prior ruling; if they differ, how could it be permitted? In accordance with the previous judgment, if there are monasteries among them that have not been returned, all fields, lands, waters, soils, and estates belonging to the monasteries shall be returned; if there are printing blocks and texts of the Huahu jing mendaciously fabricated that have not been destroyed, they shall be destroyed; and the Three Teachings shall also follow the former precedent. Once this imperial edict of ours has been proclaimed, if anyone alters the words previously judged, or fails to return the lands of the monasteries, or engages in dispute, such persons shall be convicted of the crime of anda-xi. Furthermore, if these monks, claiming to hold an imperial edict, dispute monasteries, fields, lands, waters, or soils that do not belong to them beyond what was previously judged, they shall not escape the crime. What kind of imperial edict would that be? Written at Kaipingfu on the twenty-eighth day of the sixth month in our Year of the Chicken.