貞元新定釋教目錄 14.8

14.8

勅不空三藏和尚。故金剛三藏天資秀異氣稟冲和。識洞四生心依六度。爰自西域杖錫東來。以梵行周身慈心濟物。覺花外照智炬內明。汲引群迷證契圓寂。密傳法印示隱涅槃。衣鉢空存音徽長往。教能垂後禮有飾終。宜旌美名俾叶榮。贈開府儀同三司。仍贈號大弘教三藏。夫俗典有母以子貴。今釋氏乃師因弟榮。冀萬古千秋傳之不朽。又至大曆三年六月十二日奏。東京龍門故開府儀同三司大弘教三藏塔。所掃灑無名僧惠恒惠端行者趙元及法名惠翻田榮國法名惠濬童子李寶達。右特進試鴻臚卿大興善寺三藏沙門大廣智不空奏。前件無名僧等。先嘗奉事故大和上。服勤香火積有歲年。志性柔和堅固無懈。請與正名。便送塔額住彼灑掃。冀終罔極獲展師資。行者童子等並久習真言兼誦經典。不離本院。業已成就。伏乞與度俾勵修持。勅旨依奏同日又奏請。

"An imperial decree to the Tripiṭaka Preceptor Amoghavajra: The late Tripiṭaka Master Vajra[bodhi] possessed a natural endowment extraordinarily preeminent, having received a disposition tranquil and harmonious. His understanding penetrated the four modes of birth, and his mind reposed in the six perfections. Thereupon from the Western Regions, staff in hand, he came east, cultivating pure conduct (brahmacarya) throughout his person and aiding living beings with a compassionate heart. The flower of awakening shone without, while the torch of wisdom burned bright within. Drawing forth the deluded multitudes, he bore witness to and accorded with complete quiescence. Having secretly transmitted the Dharma-seal, he manifested his concealment in nirvāṇa. While his robes and bowl remain empty, his splendid demeanor has departed forever. His teachings can be handed down to posterity, and propriety demands that honors adorn his end. It is fitting to proclaim his fine renown so that it may harmonize with his glory. Let him be posthumously conferred the title of Grand Master of the Palace with Dignity Equal to the Three Ministers (Kaifu yitong sansi), and furthermore let him be posthumously granted the title Tripiṭaka [Master] of Great Propagation of the Teaching (Dahongjiao Sanzang). The worldly canons say that 'a mother becomes noble through her son'; now in the Śākya clan, the master is glorified through his disciple. It is hoped that across ten thousand ages and a thousand autumns this will be transmitted without decaying."
Furthermore, on the twelfth day of the sixth month in the third year of the Dali era [768 CE], a memorial was submitted regarding the stupa of the late Grand Master of the Palace with Dignity Equal to the Three Ministers, Tripiṭaka Master of Great Propagation of the Teaching, at Longmen in the Eastern Capital, concerning the unregistered monks Huiheng and Huiduan who sweep and sprinkle it, the postulant Zhao Yuanji (Dharma-name Huifan), Tian Rongguo (Dharma-name Huijun), and the novice Li Baoda.
The above-mentioned Specially Advanced, Probationary Director of the Court of State Ceremonial, Tripiṭaka Śramaṇa of Daxingshan Monastery, Amoghavajra of Vast and Great Wisdom, memorializes: "The unregistered monks and others mentioned above previously served the late great preceptor, attending to the incense and lamps diligently over cumulative years. Their will and nature are gentle and compliant, steadfast and unflagging. I request that they be granted official ordination names, and that the stupa placard then be sent, so they may reside there to sprinkle and sweep, hoping thereby to requite his boundless kindness to the end and fulfill their duties as disciples. The postulants, novice, and others have all long practiced the mantras and concurrently recited the scriptures; without departing from the cloister, their training has already been accomplished. I prostrate myself to beg that they be granted tonsure to encourage their cultivation and practice." An imperial decree ordered: "Approved as requested."
On the same day, another memorial was submitted requesting: