[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) › 46.11 # 佛祖統紀 46.11 佛祖統紀 46.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [46.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.46.11) 紹聖二年。蘇軾謫惠州。韶陽南華寺重辯。請軾書柳宗元六祖碑。復題其後曰。釋迦以文設教。其譯於中國必托於儒之能言者。然後傳遠。故大乘諸經至楞嚴則委曲精盡勝妙獨出。以房融筆授故也。柳子厚南遷。始究佛法。作曹溪南岳諸碑。妙絕古今。而南華今無石刻。重辯師謂。自唐以來頌述祖師者多矣。未有通亮如子厚者。蓋推本其言與孟氏合。其可不使學者日見而常誦之○子瞻在惠州被命遷謫儋耳（海外儋州）惠守方子容來吊曰。吾妻沈氏事僧伽謹甚。一夕夢來別。問何往。曰當與蘇子瞻同行。後七十二日有命。今適其日。豈非事已前定。南行之日携阿彌陀佛一軸。人問其故。答曰。此軾往生西方公據也。及在儋。得蜀人張氏畫十八阿羅漢。遂為之贊。復題其後曰。佛滅度後閻浮提眾生剛狠自用莫肯信入。故諸聖賢皆隱不現。獨以設像遺言提引未悟。而峨眉五臺廬山天台。猶出光景變異使人了然見之。軾家藏十八羅漢像。每設茶供則化為白乳。或凝為花桃李芍藥僅可指名。或云。羅漢慈悲深重急於接物。故多見神變。倘其然乎。今以授子由。使以時修敬。 > Second year of Shaosheng \[1095 CE\]. Su Shi was exiled to Huizhou. Chongbian of Nanhua Temple in Shaoyang requested Shi to transcribe Liu Zongyuan's stele for the Sixth Patriarch, and \[Su\] inscribed on the back: "Śākya established his teaching through literature. When translated into China, it necessarily relied on capable scholars of the literati before it could spread far. Therefore, among the Mahāyāna sūtras, when it comes to the Śūraṅgama-sūtra, its style is intricate, exhaustive, and peerlessly marvelous, because it was penned by Fang Rong. When Liu Zihou was banished south, he first probed Buddhist doctrine and composed steles for Caoxi and Nanyue, which are marvelous beyond past and present. Yet Nanhua now has no stone inscription. Master Chongbian said that since the Tang, there have been many who praised the Patriarchs, but none as thorough and luminous as Zihou, for when traced back, his words harmonize with Mencius. How could students not be made to see it daily and recite it constantly?" When Zizhan was in Huizhou, he was ordered to be banished to Dan'er (Danzhou across the sea). The prefect of Hui, Fang Zirong, came to console him, saying, "My wife, née Shen, served Sangha with great devotion. One night she dreamed that he came to bid farewell. When asked where he was going, he replied, 'I shall accompany Su Zizhan.' Seventy-two days later came the imperial order, which falls precisely on this day. Is this not predetermined?" On the day he traveled south, he carried a scroll of Amitābha Buddha. When people asked the reason, he answered, "This is Shi's official voucher for rebirth in the Western Direction." While in Dan, he obtained paintings of the Eighteen Arhats by the Zhang family of Shu, and thereupon composed eulogies for them, adding an inscription on the back: "After the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, sentient beings of Jambudvīpa are stubborn, self-willed, and unwilling to believe and enter. Thus all the sages and worthies concealed themselves and did not appear, relying solely on established images and bequeathed teachings to guide the unawakened. Yet Mount Emei, Wutai, Lushan, and Tiantai still display radiant visions and unusual transformations to make people clearly see. My family preserved images of the Eighteen Arhats; whenever we made tea offerings, they transformed into white milk, or congealed into peach blossoms, plums, and peonies that could barely be identified. Some say that because the Arhats' compassion is profound and they are anxious to receive beings, they frequently display supernatural transformations. Could it indeed be so? Now I bestow them upon Ziyou, so that he may cultivate reverence at the proper times." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 46.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.46.10) - [Next: 46.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.46.12) - [Up: 46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.46) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.46.11) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.240) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.46.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.46.11) · Pramāṇa