辯偽錄 5.6

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皇帝聖旨裏。中書省近據長春宮先生王志真等。告奉福寺淵僧錄使。令小和尚馬戒。顯放火燒訖本宮倉庫房舍。及盛放米糧三千九百餘石。并油麵鹽粉。公事歸問得當。始元係是甘提點教道馬戒。顯交指著淵僧錄使。令放火王志真使令憑道童將馬戒。顯作放火賊人捉拿。及詐作知宮名字憑道童教唆。語言告狀人。又問得元告。糧食不曾燒訖却。指此為名。於諸人處。要訖施利錢物。取其各各招伏。六月二十二日。有孛羅副樞。張平章。張右丞。焦尚書。耿參政。脫因脫里。阿里尚書等官員。欽奉聖旨節該。先生與和尚爭奪的觀院其間聚著五百箇來。先生把著棍棒打和尚。每來他每教法裏不行胡做。呵那裏有那般體例。前京兆府地面裏。王祖師菴頭聚著人。眾生歹心來。如今這先生每又那般胡行有。這先生每明白招來了。上頭為頭兒底。殺了兩箇也。別箇的割了耳朵鼻子的割了。也別箇的打了。也其餘的交做了軍。也這般斷了也欽此除。今將斷訖人數開具下項。及將提點甘志泉首級。於本宮門首竿子上常川縣。掛合行。立石曉諭者。正典刑二名。教令虛指淵僧錄放火犯人提點甘志泉。虛拿馬戒顯放火賊人知宮王志真。割耳朵鼻子一名。添寫狀情節人提點蔡志祥。流於邊遠六名。聚眾行兇人殷鶴童。陳道廣。上都先告狀人王志玉。陳志用。寫狀檢人蘭德義。虛報燒訖糧食人李德禎。斷放三人。使令王志真告狀人提點蔡志希。同告狀人副宮周道旋。賈志柔。

In the imperial decree of the Emperor: The Central Secretariat recently received an accusation from the Daoist Master Wang Zhizhen and others of Changchun Temple, alleging that Buddhist Controller Yuan of Fengfu Monastery ordered the young monk Ma Jie to commit arson, burning down the granaries and chambers of said temple along with over 3,900 shi of grain, as well as oil, flour, salt, and meal. When the case was properly interrogated, it turned out originally that Superintendent Gan instructed Ma Jie to falsely point to Buddhist Controller Yuan as having ordered the arson; that Wang Zhizhen sent the Daoist acolyte Ping to seize Ma Jie as the arsonist; and that, fraudulently using the name of the Temple Administrator, Ping the Daoist acolyte instigated and coached the words of the accusers. It was also found under interrogation that the grain originally reported had not in fact been burned; they merely used this pretext to demand offerings of money and goods from various people. Each of them signed a confession of guilt. On the twenty-second day of the sixth month, Assistant Bureau Director Boro, Manager of Governmental Affairs Zhang, Right Vice Chancellor Zhang, Minister Jiao, Assistant Administrator Geng, Toyin-tori, Minister Ali, and other officials reverently received the imperial decree which stated: 'When Daoist masters and Buddhist monks contested monasteries, around five hundred Daoist masters gathered, holding staves and beating the monks. They have acted lawlessly outside their own teachings. Where is there any such precedent? Previously, in the territory of Jingzhao Prefecture, people gathered at the hermitage of Patriarch Wang with malicious intent. Now these Daoist masters have once again acted lawlessly in such a manner. These Daoist masters have confessed plainly. Let the two who were their leaders be executed. For the others, let their ears and noses be cut off; for others, let them be beaten; and let the rest be conscripted into the army. Thus let it be adjudicated.' Respect this. Aside from this, the list of persons already sentenced is set forth below, and the severed head of Superintendent Gan Zhiquan shall be hung perpetually on a pole at the front gate of said temple. It is fitting that an engraved stele be erected to make this known to all. Executed according to the penal code, two persons: Superintendent Gan Zhiquan, who instructed the false accusation of Buddhist Controller Yuan for arson; and Temple Administrator Wang Zhizhen, who falsely seized Ma Jie as the arsonist. Ears and noses cut off, one person: Superintendent Cai Zhixiang, who embellished and fabricated details of the accusation. Exiled to the distant frontiers, six persons: Yin Hetong and Chen Daoguang, who assembled the crowd to commit violence; Wang Zhiyu and Chen Zhiyong, who lodged the false accusation first at Shangdu; Lan Deyi, who drafted the accusation; and Li Dezhen, who falsely reported the burned grain. Sentenced and released, three persons: Superintendent Cai Zhixi, who dispatched Wang Zhizhen to lodge the accusation; and Associate Administrators Zhou Daoxuan and Jia Zhirou, co-accusers.