代宗朝贈司空大辨正廣智三藏和上表制集 5.111

5.111

沙門惠朗言。惠朗聞。惟人植福。惟福利人。苟闕其司善無由長。伏惟　寶應元聖文武皇帝陛下。所登天祚。蓋為蒼生。隔截邪途。護持正法。萬邦咸幸。豈惟京城自國家特置功德使已來。眾福日滋。群凶時滅　皇室起崇高之祐。緇門絕挫辱之虞惟　天所知。人罕悟（矣）。一昨元琮薨沒。帝京僧侶相視黯然。舉目增悲。中言下淚。又懼惡魔獲適心之便。外道得攘臂之秋。正教陵遲。邪林茂盛。伏乞。

The Śramaṇa Huilang states: Huilang has heard that it is only humans who plant merit, and only merit that benefits humans. If that office is vacant, goodness has no means to flourish. Prostrately I consider that Your Majesty the Baoying Yuansheng Wenwu Emperor ascended the heavenly throne truly for the sake of the multitudes of living beings, cutting off deviant paths and protecting the correct Dharma, so that the ten thousand states are all blessed, not just the capital city alone. Ever since the state specially established the Commissioner of Merit and Virtue, manifold blessings have grown daily, and the villainous multitudes have been destroyed from time to time. The imperial house has raised up lofty divine protection, and the Buddhist order has put an end to fears of humiliation. This is known only to Heaven, but seldom realized by men. Recently, when Yuancong passed away, the clergy of the imperial capital looked at one another with dejection, raising their eyes with mounting sorrow and weeping as they spoke among themselves. Furthermore, they fear that evil māras will seize a favorable opportunity, and heterodox paths will find a time to bare their arms, so that the correct teaching will decline and the forest of deviance will flourish. We prostrately beg: