大唐內典錄 4.8

4.8

齊氏宋運交禪因循。統御道俗有聲南服。故不廣述。其高帝蕭道成者。臨沂人也。因宋餘業仍都建康。於建元年。安成野火洞澤焚燼。唯數丈地草獨不然。往視其中得一金像。既感靈瑞聖化復隆。帝曰。使我治天下十年。必令黃金與土同價。不幸四載而崩。子賾字宣遠嗣。江海晏安。有竟陵文宣王子良帝之次子輔政。司徒之位爕諧釐革。大偃澆風偏弘釋教。多所製述。弘護之美獨以見推廣搜髦彥翼贊玄理。撰淨住子二十卷。佛史十卷。抄集群經增略刪廣。有兼濟焉。相承七主。二十三年。傳譯道俗二十人。所出經律傳等。四十七部。合三百四十六卷。為齊朝錄云。

The transition from the Song destiny to the Qi dynasty followed established precedent. Its governance of both the religious and secular spheres was renowned in the southern realm, and so it is not narrated in full detail. Its Emperor Gao, Xiao Daocheng, was a native of Linyi. Basing himself on the remaining patrimony of the Song, he continued to keep the capital at Jiankang. In the first year of the Jianyuan era, a wildfire in Ancheng consumed the marshes, yet in an area of only a few zhang, the grass alone did not burn. When they went and looked within it, they obtained a golden statue. Having thus been touched by this miraculous auspicious omen, sagely transformation flourished once more. The emperor said: 'Were I to govern the world for ten years, I would surely make gold equal in price to dirt.' Unfortunately, he died after four years. His son Ze, whose courtesy name was Xuanyuan, succeeded him. The rivers and seas were serene and tranquil. There was Prince Wenxuan of Jingling, [Xiao] Ziliang, the second son of the emperor, who assisted in the administration. In the position of Minister of Education (situ), he harmonised and reformed, greatly subduing superficial customs and especially propagating the Buddhist teachings. He composed numerous works. For the excellence of his propagation and protection, he stood out as uniquely acclaimed; he broadly sought out the elite and talented to assist and praise profound principles. He compiled the Jingzhuzi in twenty fascicles, the History of Buddhism in ten fascicles, and excerpted and collected various sūtras, expanding or abbreviating, abridging or broadening, so as to benefit all universally. Through the succession of seven sovereigns across twenty-three years, there were twenty translators and transcribers, both monastic and lay. The sūtras, vinayas, biographies, and other works produced by them amounted to forty-seven titles in three hundred and forty-six fascicles altogether, constituting the Qi Dynasty Catalogue.