貞元新定釋教目錄 14.7

14.7

When Suzong presided over court, he showed him even greater reverence: he did not utter his personal name, calling him instead "Amogha" (Bukong)—this was taken from the title [conferred when] ascending the altar and scattering flowers. When Daizong held the reins of governance, he augmented his title and official rank to the standing of Director of the Court of State Ceremonial (Honglu qing), adding [the prestige title of] Specially Advanced (Tejin), with the honorific title "Tripiṭaka [Master] of Vast and Great Wisdom, Amoghavajra" (Daguangzhi Sanzang Bukong). He also posthumously conferred posthumous titles and official ranks upon his late master. On the first day of the eleventh month in the first year of the Yongtai era, the year being yisi [765 CE], an imperial edict was promulgated, stating: