[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) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 35.103 # 佛祖統紀 35.103 佛祖統紀 35.103 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [35.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35.103) 三十一年。改臘為嘉平。初茅濛學道丹成乘龍升天。有童謠曰。神仙得者茅初成（濛之字）。駕龍上天升太清。時下玄洲戲赤城。繼世而能在我盈。帝若學之臘嘉平。始皇方求神仙。聞謠言。遂詔改臘為嘉平。望祀蓬萊。使徐福將童男童女入海求仙藥。有茅盈者視濛為高祖父。入常山學道。二弟固衷仕漢為二千石。茅君治江南句曲山。山下人為立廟。君或來時音樂導從自天而下。人因呼其處曰茅山。後二弟棄官尋兄亦得成真。老君遣使持節。以白玉板黃金刻書加九錫之命。拜君為司命真君。主吳越生死之籍。拜固為定錄君。衷為保命君故號三茅君。每十二月二日三月十八日。三君各乘白鶴。集於峯頂○大宛多枉死橫道。有鳥銜草覆死人面。皆登時活。始皇使使以問鬼谷先生云。是東海祖洲不死草生瓊田一株可活千人。始皇因遣徐福及童男童女各三千人。乘樓船入海。尋祖洲不返。 > In the thirty-first year, the La sacrifice was renamed Jiaping. Earlier, Mao Meng studied the Dao; when his elixir was accomplished, he mounted a dragon and ascended to heaven. There was a children's rhyme that said: 'The immortal attained is Mao Chucheng (Meng's style-name), / Riding a dragon up to heaven, ascending to Great Clarity. / He occasionally descends to Xuanzhou and disports at Chicheng. / The one who can succeed him throughout generations lies in my Ying. / If the Emperor would learn from this, the La sacrifice shall be Jiaping.' The First Emperor was just then seeking immortals; hearing the rhyme, he thereupon decreed that the La sacrifice be renamed Jiaping. He looked from afar and sacrificed to Penglai, and sent Xu Fu leading young boys and girls out to sea to seek the elixir of immortality. There was one Mao Ying, who regarded Meng as his great-great-grandfather; he entered Mount Chang to study the Dao. His two younger brothers, Gu and Zhong, served Han as officials of two thousand bushels. Lord Mao governed Mount Guqu south of the Yangtze; the people at the foot of the mountain established a shrine for him. Whenever the Lord came, music and a retinue descended from heaven; people therefore called that place Mount Mao. Later, the two younger brothers gave up their official posts to seek their elder brother and also attained perfection. Lord Lao dispatched an envoy holding the tally, granting them the mandate of the Nine Bestowals inscribed in gold upon white jade tablets: he appointed the Lord as the Perfect Lord Controller of Destiny, presiding over the registers of life and death of Wu and Yue; he appointed Gu as the Lord Determiner of Registers, and Zhong as the Lord Protector of Life; hence they were called the Three Lords Mao. On every second day of the twelfth month and eighteenth day of the third month, the Three Lords, each riding a white crane, gather atop the peak. ○ In Dayuan, many met wrongful deaths lying across the roads. There were birds holding grass in their beaks that covered the faces of the dead, all of whom immediately revived. The First Emperor sent an envoy to inquire of Master Guigu, who said: "This is the herb of immortality from Zuzhou in the Eastern Sea, which grows in the Jasper Fields; a single stalk can revive a thousand people." The First Emperor therefore dispatched Xu Fu and three thousand young boys and girls each, boarding multi-decked ships out to sea to search for Zuzhou, never to return. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 35.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35.102) - [Next: 35.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35.104) - [Up: 35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.35.103) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35.103) · Pramāṇa