佛祖統紀 36.138

36.138

七年。平原居士明僧紹。舍攝山宅為棲霞寺　帝以誌公幻惑俗眾。收付建康獄。是日國人咸見大士遊行市井。其夕語吏曰。門外有兩輿食。為我取之。既而文惠太子竟陵王送供至。建康令以聞。帝悔謝奉迎至禁中。館於華林園○竟陵王於弘濟寺講成實三論。夢中作維摩一契。命僧辯傳詠之。群鶴飛舞於階。詠畢而去○西天沙門摩訶乘德進等。譯諸經律。

In the seventh year, the layman Ming Sengshao of Pingyuan renounced his residence on Mount She to become Qixia Monastery. Because Master Zhi deluded the worldly populace, the Emperor seized him and committed him to the Jiankang prison. On that day, the people of the capital all saw the Great Being roaming in the markets. That evening he said to the jailer, 'There are two carriage-loads of food outside the gate; bring them in for me.' Shortly thereafter, Crown Prince Wenhui and the Prince of Jingling arrived bringing offerings. When the Prefect of Jiankang reported this, the Emperor repented, apologized, and welcomed him into the inner palace, lodging him in the Hualin Garden. The Prince of Jingling lectured on the *Satyasiddhi* and the *Mūlamadhyamakakārikā* (Three Treatises) at Hongji Monastery; in a dream he composed a tune on the *Vimalakīrti*, and ordered Sengbian to recite and chant it; a flock of cranes soared and danced on the steps, departing once the chant finished. The Western Tianzhu śramaṇas Mahāyāna, Devaśreṣṭhin (Dejin), and others translated various scriptures and vinayas.