翻譯名義集 5.161

5.161

In the fifth year of the Huichang reign of Emperor Wuzong, the Daoist priests Liu Xuanjing and Zhao Guizhen slandered the followers of Śākya and purged the Buddhist monasteries. In the sixth year, the Emperor passed away. When Emperor Xuanzong ascended the throne, he restored the Buddhist monasteries and executed Liu Xuanjing for the crime of defamation. The Tongyuan ji states: "Some blame Emperor Wu of Liang for venerating Buddhism, which ended in the disaster of Hou Jing. They fail to understand that karma spans the three times, and that when causes and conditions converge, retributions must still be undergone. Therefore, Wenzhongzi said: 'That the Odes and Documents flourished while the Qin dynasty perished was not the fault of Zhongni; that the abstruse and vacuous expanded while the Jin court fell into disorder was not the fault of Laozi and Zhuangzi; that fasting and precepts were cultivated while the Liang state fell was not the fault of Śākyamuni.' This explanation makes it clear. (The Wu shu states: The Lord of Wu inquired about the three teachings, and Director of the Imperial Secretariat Kan Ze replied: 'Confucius and Laozi established their teachings by taking Heaven as their model and prescribing their application, not daring to contravene Heaven; when the Buddha established his teachings, all the devas carried them out.')"