貞元新定釋教目錄 12.15

12.15

the Empress presented a patchwork kāṣāya, exquisitely surpassing the previous one, along with more than one hundred seasonal garments and precious curiosities. On the fifth day, an imperial decree instructed that the Dharma Master be informed: "The Empress has completed delivery; the newborn child is dignified and extraordinary, and a divine light filled the courtyard, shining from the courtyard up into the heavens. Our joy is boundless, and rejoicing spreads within and without the palace. We shall certainly not go back on what was promised; we pray that the Dharma Master will protect and be mindful of him." He was thereupon titled Prince Foguang (Prince of Buddha-Light), who then received the Three Refuges and donned the monastic kāṣāya robes. On the fifth day of the twelfth month, when the full month was completed, an imperial decree ordered that seven people be ordained on behalf of Prince Foguang, and further requested that the Dharma Master tonsure the Prince. This Prince Foguang