法苑珠林 5.102

5.102

勅令諸學士畫圖。集在中臺。復有四十卷。從麟德三年起首至乾封元年夏未方訖。余見玄策。具述此事。

An imperial decree ordered all the scholars to paint illustrations, which were collected in the Department of the Palace. There are another forty fascicles, begun in the third year of Linde and only completed in late summer of the first year of Qianfeng. I met Xuance, who recounted this matter in detail.