[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) › 43.7 # 佛祖統紀 43.7 佛祖統紀 43.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [43.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.43.7) 上未仕時過涇州長壽鎮寺。沙門知非凡人。陰使人圖上容於寺壁。後以其寺有御容。遂為官所護。及在洛陽嘗過長壽寺。枕殿砥晝寢。僧守嚴見赤蛇出入上鼻。上寤嚴問所向。上曰。欲往澶州見柴太尉。未有齎（周世宗）嚴曰。貧道有驢可乘以往。復贈之錢。及見太尉奇之。遂留幕府。晉開運間。宋城有異僧狀如豪俠。挾銅彈走草莽上。指州地曰。不二十年當有帝王由此建號（楊文公談苑○太祖在周朝為歸德軍節度使。歸德在唐為宋州。及受禪遂以宋建國）。 > Before the Emperor entered official service, he passed by a temple in Changshou Town of Jingzhou. A monk, knowing he was no ordinary man, secretly had someone paint the Emperor's likeness upon the temple wall. Later, because this temple had the imperial portrait, it came under official protection. When he was in Luoyang, he once visited Changshou Temple, resting his head on a hall base-stone to sleep during the day. The monk Shouyan saw a red snake going in and out of the Emperor's nose. When the Emperor woke, \[Shou\]yan asked where he was heading. The Emperor said, "I wish to go to Chanzhou to see Grand Defender Chai, but I have no travel provisions." (This refers to Emperor Shizong of the Zhou.) \[Shou\]yan said, "This poor monk has a donkey you may ride to go there," and further presented him with money. When he met the Grand Defender, the latter found him extraordinary and retained him in his military headquarters. During the Kaiyun era of the Jin dynasty, there was in Songcheng an extraordinary monk with the demeanor of a knight-errant, holding copper pellets and running across the open grass. Pointing at the prefecture's land, he said, "Within twenty years, an emperor shall establish his dynastic title from here!" (from the \*Tanyuan\* of Duke Yang Wen. Taizu was the Military Commissioner of the Guide Army under the Zhou dynasty. Under the Tang, Guide was Songzhou. When he received the abdication, he established the dynastic title of Song accordingly). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 43.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.43.6) - [Next: 43.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.43.8) - [Up: 43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.43) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.43.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.43.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.43.7) · Pramāṇa