佛祖統紀 36.144

36.144

永泰元年。滕曇恭年五歲。母楊氏患熱思食寒瓜。豫章土俗不產。曇恭歷訪俄遇一僧。我有兩瓜分一相遺。忽失所在及父母卒。曇恭蔬食終身。晝夜哀慟。門外有二冬生樹。有神光自樹而起。俄見佛像侍衛之儀。家人咸共禮拜。久之乃滅。時人號為滕曾子。

In the first year of Yongtai, Teng Tan'gong was five years old when his mother, Lady Yang, suffered from heat-illness and craved cold melon. It was not native to the local region of Yuzhang. Tan'gong searched everywhere, and suddenly met a monk who said, 'I have two melons, and give one to you,' then abruptly vanished. When his parents died, Tan'gong ate only vegetarian food for the rest of his life, weeping in grief day and night. Outside his gate stood two winter-growing trees, from which a divine radiance arose; suddenly an image of the Buddha with an retinue of attendants appeared, and his whole family bowed in worship together. After a long while it faded away. People of the time called him 'Teng Zengzi.'