代宗朝贈司空大辨正廣智三藏和上表制集 2.178

2.178

Submitted by the Specially Advanced, Acting Court of Imperial Regalia Chamberlain, Tripiṭaka Śramaṇa Da Guangzhi Amoghavajra: Having previously received the imperial command to go to Mount Wutai to perform meritorious works, I arrived in Taiyuan and visited the aforementioned temple. There I was able to behold the holy traces where Gaozu and Taizong raised their righteous rebellion, which are located in this temple. This is truly the source from which the imperial enterprise of the state arose, and certainly should not be treated like ordinary monasteries. I humbly beg Your Imperial Compassion to exempt it from all corvée levies and land taxes, and turn them instead to support [the temple].