樂邦遺稿 2.41

2.41

梁《高僧傳》紀僧曇諦，吳興人。父彤，為冀州別駕。母黃氏晝寢，夢見一僧呼黃為母，寄一麈尾并二鐵鏤書鎮。眠覺，見二物具存，因而懷孕生諦。諦五歲時，母以二物示之。諦曰：「前身為秦王講《法華經》，賜我者也。」年至十歲出家，隨父見關中僧道䂮。忽喚䂮名，䂮曰：「童子何以呼宿士名？」諦曰：「和尚是諦沙彌，為眾僧採藥，被野猪所傷，不覺失聲也。」䂮悟而泣曰：「子即先師弘覺法師也。」因問弘覺捨命，正是寄物之日。事實驗矣。

The Liang Biographies of Eminent Monks records the monk Tandi, a native of Wuxing. His father, Tong, served as Biejiu of Jizhou. His mother, Lady Huang, was taking a daytime nap and dreamt of a monk calling her mother, entrusting her with a chowry fly-whisk and two iron-carved paperweights. Awakening from sleep, she saw both items were physically present, and consequently she became pregnant and gave birth to Tandi. When Tandi was five years old, his mother showed him the two items. Tandi said: "In my previous life, I preached the Lotus Sūtra for the King of Qin, and he bestowed them upon me." At the age of ten he left the household, and following his father he met the Guanzhong monk Daochao. He suddenly called Daochao by his personal name. Chao said: "Why does a child call a senior scholar by his personal name?" Tandi said: "The Upādhyāya was Tandi's śrāmaṇera; while gathering herbs for the sangha, you were injured by a wild boar and cried out involuntarily." Chao realized and wept, saying: "You are indeed my late master, Dharma Master Hongjue." He then asked about the day Hongjue passed away; it was precisely the day the objects were entrusted. The facts were thus verified.'