[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 100.397 # 法苑珠林 100.397 法苑珠林 100.397 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [100.397](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.100.397) 纂堯居晉。契武基周。雲起龍騰。撫斯令世。叶一主以興運。因九合而樂推。發自參墟克定京室。子俗之規已布。約法之教使申。并集五星化覃四表。地紐還正。天維更張。自東徂西。遠安邇肅。而義旗初指。經途華陰。望祀靈壇。以求多祉。神祠之右。式搆伽藍。寔曰靈仙。妙同神製。金碧交映。𮓕藻相輝。盡觀巉巖。斜臨貝闕。華臺森聳。近對蓮峯。寫像書經。備修禔福。又於京內造會昌勝業慈悲證果習仙尼寺。又捨舊居為興聖寺。并州造義興寺。竝堂宇輪煥象。設彫華。武德元年。於朱雀門南通衢之上普建道場。設無遮會。詵詵法侶。若鷲嶺之初開。濟濟名賓。似鶴林之始集。車馬偪側。士女軿填。競庇禪枝。如爭禊飲。又為太祖元皇帝元貞皇后。造栴檀等身像三區。圖九五之神儀。摸四八之靈相。剞劂之飾。既有劣於優填。鋈金之華。實無慚於斯匿。又於其年仲春之月。命沙門四十九人。入內行道。遂使天宮梵說。再流響於紫微。王域悶典。復揚音於黃屋。爾後崇信不墜於時。 > Inheriting the lineage of Yao, he dwelt in Jin; matching the martial virtue, he laid the foundation of Zhou. Rising like clouds and soaring like a dragon, he took charge of this auspicious age. Uniting under a single sovereign to initiate the dynastic fortune, he was joyfully elevated through the ninefold assembly. Originating from Shenxu, he subdued and settled the imperial capital. The regulations for civilizing the people were promulgated, and the governance of simplified laws was put into effect. The five planets aligned, and his transformation spread to the four quarters. The axis of the earth returned to rectitude, and the cords of heaven were strung anew. From east to west, the distant were pacified and the near were solemn. When the righteous banners were first raised, passing through Huayin, he offered sacrifices to the numinous altar to seek abundant blessings. To the right of the shrine, he constructed a saṃghārāma called Lingxian, exquisitely matching divine creation. Gold and azure reflected each other; jade-like splendours shone forth together. One gazed out completely upon precipitous peaks, overlooking jeweled gates at an angle. The flowered terraces rose lofty and dense, closely facing the Lotus Peaks. Images were modeled and scriptures copied, cultivating all auspicious blessings. Furthermore, within the capital he built Huichang, Shengye, Cibei, Zhengguo, and Xixian nunneries; he also relinquished his former residence to become Xingsheng Temple, and built Yixing Temple in Bingzhou. Their halls and buildings were magnificent and radiant, and the images were carved and splendid. In the first year of the Wude era, upon the thoroughfare south of the Zhuque Gate, he established a universal place of enlightenment and held an unrestricted assembly. The bustling throng of companions of the Dharma was as if Vulture Peak had newly opened; the illustrious distinguished guests were as if the Śāla Grove had just assembled. Carriages and horses crowded together; men and women thronged in carriages, vying to take shelter under the branches of meditation as if competing for the spring purification banquet. Moreover, on behalf of Emperor Taizu Yuan and Empress Yuanzhen, he fashioned three life-sized sandalwood images, depicting the divine deportment of the sovereign and copying the numinous marks of the thirty-two signs. In carved ornamentation, they were scarcely inferior to King Udayana's; in the brilliance of gilded gold, they were truly not ashamed before King Prasenajit's. Furthermore, in the second month of that year, he commanded forty-nine śramaṇas to enter the palace to practice the Way, causing the heavenly palace's Brahma-discourses to resonate once more within the Purple Forbidden Palace, and the royal realm's subtle canons to lift their sounds again beneath the Yellow Canopy. Thereafter, his veneration and faith remained unflagging throughout his reign. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 100.396](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.100.396) - [Next: 100.398](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.100.398) - [Up: 100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.100) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.100.397) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [辯正論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.4.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.100.397](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.100.397) · Pramāṇa