契嵩嘉祐之辛丑歲十二月六日。以此正宗記輔教編進。明年三月十七日。先皇帝賜入大藏。使與經律偕傳。蓋留于政府。七十一日。丞相諸鉅公。躬屈詳閱。佛教光賁。雖振古未有如此者也。契嵩佛子輩。豈不榮且幸。宜何以報其大賜。還吳之三年。吳郡人有曰曹仲言弟玘仲彛者。樂聞其勝事。乃募工于其州之萬壽禪院。施財鏤板。仰贊國家之鴻休也。傳法覺初守堅知一詳僧善慧。宗遇較。治平改元甲辰。四月十一日題。
In the twelfth month of the sixth year of the Jiayou era, Qisong presented this *True Orthodox Record* and *Aids to Teaching* to the throne. In the third month of the following year, on the seventeenth day, the late emperor decreed that they be included in the Great Canon, allowing them to be transmitted alongside the sutras and vinaya. They remained with the government for seventy-one days, during which the chancellor and numerous high ministers personally reviewed them with great care. The Buddhist teachings were thus honored in a way that had never been seen even in ancient times.
As a disciple of the Buddha, how could Qisong not feel honored and fortunate? Yet how could he repay such a great bestowal? In the third year after returning to Wu, a man of the Wu region named Cao Zhongyan and his younger brother Cao Qi, also known as Zhongyi, took delight in hearing of this splendid event. They then hired craftsmen at the Wanshou Chan Temple in their prefecture, donating funds to carve the printing blocks, thus respectfully supporting the great glory of the nation. The dharma heirs Juechu, Shoujian, Zhiyi, the eminent monk Shanhui, and Zongyu oversaw the editing. Written on the eleventh day of the fourth month in the first year of the Zhiping era, the year of Jiachen.