佛教传至日本后的200年中,一直未出现拥有正式授戒资格的“三师七证”共十个僧人齐备的现象。当时的政府担心因逃避租税、课役而私自剃度的僧人增多,会动摇律令国家的基础,故欲确立和管理尼僧的制度。聘请授戒师僧,对于弘扬佛教和维护国家稳定来说,无疑是最好的妙方。为了推动日本佛教的兴隆,鉴真和上于天平十五年(743)十二月,与弟子们一同从大明寺出发,踏上了艰辛困苦的传法旅程。 During the 200 years after Buddhism was sent to Japan, there have been no such phenomena as “three teachers, seven witnesses” and a total of ten monks who have been formally authorized to teach. At that time, the government was worried that the increase in monks who evaded taxation and classwork and who were self-incarcerating would shake the foundation of the country and try to establish and manage the monk’s system. Hiring a Buddhist monk is no doubt the best recipe for carrying forward Buddhism and safeguarding national stability. In order to promote the Japanese Buddhism is booming, Jianzhen and on the balance fifteen years (743) December, together with his disciples set out from the Daming Temple embarked on a difficult and difficult journey of Chuanfa.