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# 佛祖統紀 53.50

佛祖統紀 53.50

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [53.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.53.50)

晉武帝。侍中荀勗。於洛陽造金像十二○孝武。安法師於檀溪寺造銅像。能自起行。放光燭天○處士戴逵。自造無量壽佛像置靈寶寺。郄超撮香作禮。勃然烟上○安帝。江夷託戴顒造觀音。夜夢人令改造彌勒。觸手成妙○恭帝。詔瓦官寺鑄丈六金像。放光滿寺○宋文帝。徐州造丈六金佛。有寇難則像身流汗○孝武。路太后於中興寺造普賢像。

> Emperor Wu of the Jin: Attendant Palace Gentleman Xun Xu created twelve golden images in Luoyang. ○ Emperor Xiaowu: Dharma Master An created a bronze image at Tanxi Temple; it was able to rise and walk by itself, radiating light that illuminated the sky. ○ The retired scholar Dai Kui created an image of the Buddha of Immeasurable Life (Amitāyus) by himself and placed it in Lingbao Temple; Xi Chao gathered incense and bowed in veneration, and smoke billowed upward. ○ Emperor An: Jiang Yi commissioned Dai Yong to make an Avalokiteśvara; at night he dreamed of someone instructing him to change it into Maitreya; at his touch, it became magnificent. ○ Emperor Gong: Commanded Waguan Temple to cast a sixteen-foot golden image, whose radiance filled the monastery. ○ Emperor Wen of the Song: A sixteen-foot golden Buddha was made in Xuzhou; whenever there were raids and troubles, perspiration would flow from the image's body. ○ Emperor Xiaowu: Empress Dowager Lu created an image of Samantabhadra at Zhongxing Temple.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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