[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [歷代三寶紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034) › 7.2 # 歷代三寶紀 7.2 歷代三寶紀 7.2 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.7.2) 東晉錄者。宣帝曾孫。瑯瑘武王後。恭王瑾之子。名睿字景文。初生之晨內有神光一室盡明。白毛生於目角之左。眼有精曜𥌎睇眄煒如也。累官使持節安東將軍都督楊州諸軍事左丞相。懷愍敗後百官分離。或走江南。或為曜戮。長安失據帝幽平陽。江東于時忽見五百群下勸睿宜稱晉王。統攝萬機以臨億兆。愍帝崩後遂即居尊。號建武元。因都建業。避愍帝諱改為建康。先太康二年吳舊將管恭作亂。于時建業伍振筮之曰。恭已滅矣。然更三十八年。楊州當有天子。至是果如其言。又秦始皇世望氣者云。吳金陵山五百年後當出天子。始皇忌焉。發兵因鑿金陵山斷改稱秣陵。冀絕其王。自于正至睿五百二十六年。有晉金行奄君四海。金陵之瑞其在於斯時。又謠云。五馬浮渡江。一馬化為龍。永嘉喪亂天下淪覆。唯瑯瑘西陽汝南南頓彭城等五王獲濟江表。而睿首基為元帝矣。將知受命上感天靈欲跨興圖下資地勢地負其勢。始皇鑿之弗亡。天降其靈。劉曜殲而莫盡。自元皇建武元年丁丑創都。至恭帝元熙元年己未禪宋。其間一百四載。華戎道俗二十七人。而所出經并舊失譯。合二百六十三部。五百八十五卷。集為東晉一十二主建康錄云。 > As for the Eastern Jin Catalogue: \[The founder\] was a great-grandson of Emperor Xuan, a descendant of Martial King of Langya, and the son of Respectful King Jin, named Rui, courtesy name Jingwen. On the morning of his birth, a divine light shone within, illuminating the entire chamber. White hairs grew at the corner of his left eye, and his gaze had a brilliant gleam, dazzling when he looked around. He served successively as Bearer of the Staff of Authority, General Who Stabilizes the East, Commander of Military Affairs in Yang Prefecture, and Left Chancellor. After the downfall of Emperors Huai and Min, the hundred civil officials were scattered; some fled south of the Yangtze, while others were slaughtered by \[Liu\] Yao. Chang'an lost its hold, and the Emperor was held captive in Pingyang. At that time in Jiangdong, five hundred officials and subjects suddenly urged Rui that he should assume the title King of Jin, to oversee all affairs of state and preside over the myriad people. After Emperor Min passed away, he subsequently ascended the imperial throne, styling the reign era Jianwu, first year. He accordingly made Jianye his capital, which was renamed Jiankang to avoid the taboo of Emperor Min's personal name. Earlier, in the second year of Taikang, when the former Wu general Guan Gong rebelled, Wu Zhen of Jianye cast a divination and said: 'Gong is already destroyed. Yet in another thirty-eight years, Yang Prefecture will have a Son of Heaven.' When this time arrived, it indeed came to pass as he had spoken. Furthermore, in the time of the First Emperor of Qin, those who observed atmospheric signs said: 'After five hundred years, a Son of Heaven shall emerge from the Golden Mound (Jinling) Mountains of Wu.' The First Emperor resented this, so he dispatched troops to cut through the Jinling Mountains and renamed the area Moling, hoping to sever its royal destiny. From the \[time of the First Emperor of\] Qin until Rui, five hundred and twenty-six years elapsed. The Jin dynasty, ruled under the metal element, took possession of the four seas; the auspicious omen of Jinling resided precisely here. There was also a popular ditty that said: 'Five horses float across the Yangtze; one horse turns into a dragon.' During the catastrophe of Yongjia, the empire collapsed into ruin, and only five kings—Langya, Xiyang, Runan, Nandun, and Pengcheng—managed to cross south of the Yangtze, among whom Rui was the foremost founder, becoming Emperor Yuan. Thus we know that receiving the celestial mandate is prompted from above by the spirits of Heaven, while seeking to establish an expansive realm depends from below on the strategic advantages of the terrain. Earth supported its terrain—though the First Emperor cut into it, it did not perish; Heaven sent down its spirit—though Liu Yao slaughtered, he could not annihilate them all. From the first year of the Jianwu era of Emperor Yuan (dingchou) when the capital was established, down to the first year of the Yuanxi era of Emperor Gong (jiwei) when the throne was abdicated to Song, there was a span of 104 years. In that period, there were twenty-seven individuals—Chinese and barbarian, monastic and lay—who produced sūtras, which together with old anonymous translations total 263 works in 585 fascicles, compiled here as the Jiankang Catalogue of the Twelve Rulers of the Eastern Jin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.7.1) - [Next: 7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.7.3) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034~en-mt.7.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.6.64) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.7.2) · Pramāṇa