[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) › 35.145 # 佛祖統紀 35.145 佛祖統紀 35.145 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [35.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35.145) ○左慈見漢祚將終。乃入天柱山。學道得金液九丹經於石室。能變化萬端。曹操聞而召之欲從學。慈曰。學道當清淨。非尊貴穢淫所宜也。操欲殺之。人見慈斷其頭以獻。及視之乃一束茅耳。後與弟子葛仙翁別入霍山。合丹仙去。 > Zuo Ci, seeing that the Han dynasty's mandate was about to end, entered Mount Tianzhu, studied the Dao, and obtained the Scripture of the Nine Elixirs of Gold Fluid in a stone chamber. He was able to transform in myriad ways. Cao Cao heard of him and summoned him, wishing to study under him. Zuo Ci said: 'Studying the Dao requires purity; it is not suitable for the exalted, defiled, and licentious.' Cao Cao wished to kill him. Someone saw Zuo Ci, cut off his head, and presented it; upon looking at it, it was merely a bundle of cogongrass. Later, Zuo Ci parted with his disciple Immortal Ge and went to Mount Huo, where he compounded the elixir and ascended as an immortal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 35.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35.144) - [Next: 36.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.36.1) - [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.35.145) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35.145) · Pramāṇa