Origin of Puxian's Buddhism Rites on Mt.Emei

He told the old man that the Fa Image Halo of Bodhisattva Puxian revealed himself on Mt.Emei because of his desire to protect all Buddhas
and all living creatures.This is the earliest recorded documents about the arrvial of Buddhism on Mt.Emei. However, most knowledge personages and sholars in religious circles believe that the aforementioned legend of the Song dynasty draw the wrong conclusion. Zhao Kuangyin（赵匡胤）,the first emperor of the Song Dynasty believed in Buddhism and Daoism. His coutiers and local offcials tried to cater to the emperor's whims by making up numerous reports,saying that more and more people had been the Buddhist or Daoist Halos. In 960, according to the relevant historical document, officials in Jiazhou prefecture(jiazhou is the ancient name of Leshan) kept presenting
testimonials to the emperor ,saying that Puxian had revealed himself.The emperor therefore sent Zhang Zhong (张 重），one of his euuchs to jiazhou where he had local people engrave Buddhist Scriptures and refurbish Buddhist figures. Zhang Zhong also managed to build Dage'an Hall in the Puxian Monastery on the current site of Wannian Monastery. It is generally considered that Buddhism might have come to Mt.Eei during the period of the Jin dynasty(265_420).