律相感通傳 1.79

1.79

答：「非剎干也。干是地之長隴，名隴為干，塔逼長隴之側。《書》不云乎『包括干越』，越地多長隴也。臨海鄮縣塔者，亦是育王古塔。小塔是賢劫初佛中者，有迦葉佛臂骨，非人所見。羅漢將往鐵圍山，留小塔，從地涌出，為開俗福也。其塔大有善神，恒現二魚。井中鰻𩻌魚，護塔神也。其側有佛足跡石上者，云是前三佛所蹈處也。昔周時此土大有人住，故置此塔。」

He replied, "It is not a stūpa pole (chagan). Gan refers to a long ridge of land; ridges are called gan, and the stūpa was close beside the long ridge. Does the Book of Documents not say, 'encompassing Gan and Yue'? The land of Yue has many long ridges. The stūpa in Mao County by the sea is also an ancient stūpa of King Aśoka. The smaller stūpa is one from the first Buddha of the Bhadrakalpa; it contains the arm bone of Kāśyapa Buddha, which cannot be seen by mortals. An arhat, about to depart for the Cakravaḍa mountains, left behind the small stūpa, which welled up from the earth to open up mundane blessings. That stūpa has powerful benevolent spirits who constantly manifest as two fish. The eel-fish in the well is a spirit that protects the stūpa. Beside it are the Buddha's footprints on stone, which are said to be the places trodden by the three previous Buddhas. In antiquity during the Zhou, many people dwelt in this land, and therefore this stūpa was placed [here]."