佛祖統紀 53.50

53.50

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.