佛祖統紀 35.28

35.28

袁宏漢紀云。西域天竺有佛道焉。佛者漢言覺也。將覺悟群生也。其教以修善慈心為主。專務清淨。其精者號沙門。漢言息心。蓋息意去慾而歸於無為也。又以為人死精神不滅隨復受形。生時所行善惡皆有報應。故所貴行善修道以練精神以至為佛也。佛身長一丈六尺。身黃金色。項佩日光。變化無所不入。故能化通萬物。而大濟群生。明帝感夢。乃遣使天竺問道。圖其像而還。有經數千卷以虛無為宗。包羅精粗無所不統。善為宏闊遠大之言。所求在一體之內。所明在視聽之外。世俗之人或以為虛誕。然歸於玄微深遠難得而測。故王公大人視生死報應之際。莫不矍然而自失焉（矍厥縛反驚遽）。

Yuan Hong's Hou Han ji states: "In Tianzhu of the Western Regions, there is the Buddhist way. 'Fo' in the language of Han means 'Awakened', meaning to awaken all living beings. Its teaching takes the cultivation of goodness and a compassionate mind as primary, devoting itself purely to purity. Those who are adept are called śramaṇas, which in the language of Han means 'quieting the mind', namely, quieting desires, casting away cravings, and returning to non-action (wuwei). Furthermore, they believe that when a person dies the spirit is not annihilated, but subsequently assumes another form; the good and evil deeds performed during life all have their retribution. Therefore, they value doing good and cultivating the Way to refine the spirit, ultimately to become a Buddha. The Buddha's body is sixteen feet tall, golden-yellow in colour, with the halo of the sun around the nape of his neck; his transformations penetrate everywhere without obstruction, so he can transform and pervade the myriad things, greatly rescuing all living beings. Emperor Ming was moved by a dream, and thereupon dispatched envoys to Tianzhu to inquire about the Way, returning with paintings of his image. There are scriptures in thousands of scrolls taking emptiness and non-being as their principle, encompassing the fine and the coarse, leaving nothing unintegrated. They excel at grand, broad, and far-reaching words. What they seek is within one's own body; what they illuminate is beyond seeing and hearing. Worldly people sometimes take it as empty falsehood, yet it ultimately returns to the mysterious, subtle, profound, and far-reaching, difficult to fathom. Therefore, when kings, dukes, and great men observe the occasion of life, death, and karmic retribution, none fails to be startled and lose their self-composure" (jue is pronounced jue-fu-fan, meaning startled and hurried).