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Jiayin) In the ninth year, the Daoist Shi Hua gained imperial favor through his occult arts, and consequently requested that a ladder of blades be erected to compete with the śramaṇas in magical arts. An imperial edict ordered the monks of the two quarters of the capital to select candidates and set a date to contest victory. The śramaṇa Chonghui, whose origins are unknown, regularly chanted the Śūraṅgama Dhāraṇī and submitted a memorial requesting to subdue him. The Emperor, leading the civil and military officials, attended to watch. Shi Hua trod upon the blade ladder and went up; he then bade Hui climb it. Hui stepped on the blades and ascended, going up and down without injury. Hui, riding on his triumph, ordered firewood to be gathered in the courtyard and set ablaze in fierce flames. Hui walked into the blazing fire and summoned Shi Hua to enter. Hua broke into a sweat and dared not look straight at him. The Emperor was greatly pleased and brought the contest to an end, conferring on Chonghui the title 'Protector of the State Tripiṭaka Master.' His final end was later not known. The śramaṇa Yuanze resided at Huilin Monastery in the Eastern Capital and was close friends with the hermit Li Yuan. Huilin had formerly been Yuan's family estate; his father, Deng, had served as governor of the Eastern Capital and had been killed by An Lushan. For this reason, Yuan refused to serve as an official and lived constantly in the monastery, conversing and jesting with Ze all day long. One day they agreed to travel together to Mount Emei. Yuan wished to go up the gorges from Jingzhou; Ze wished to go through the Xie Valley from Chang'an. Yuan, having long cut off mundane affairs, was unwilling to enter the capital again; Ze could not force him, so they took a boat from Jingzhou and moored at Nanpu. There they saw a woman wearing a brocade apron, carrying a jar to draw water. Ze looked at her and wept, saying: 'The reason I did not wish to go this way was because of this.' Startled, Yuan asked why. Ze said: 'This woman has been pregnant for three years, waiting for me to become her son. Had we not met, that would have been that; but now that I have seen her, there is no escape. You should assist me with talismans and incantations to make me born quickly. In three days, when the baby is bathed, I hope you will visit; a single smile will serve as the token. Thirteen years later, outside Tianzhu Monastery in Hangzhou, I will meet you again.' Yuan sorrowfully prepared the bath; when night came, Ze passed away. On the third day after the woman gave birth, Yuan went to look at the child. When the baby saw Yuan, he indeed laughed merrily. Yuan then explained everything to the family. After the burial, Yuan returned to the monastery. Later, at the appointed time, he went from Luoyang to Wu to fulfill his pledge. When the time came, beside Ge Hong's Well, he heard a cowherd drumming on an ox horn and singing: 'The former soul upon the Three-Life Stone; / No need to talk of enjoying the moon and chanting in the wind. / I am touched that my beloved friend has visited from afar; / Though this body is different, the nature forever abides.' Yuan said: 'Is Master Ze well?' The boy replied: 'Master Li is truly a man of faith! Yet your worldly karmic ties are not yet exhausted; do not come near me for now. Only by diligent practice without laxity will we meet again.' He sang again: 'Boundless are the affairs before and after this life; / To speak of causes and conditions might break one's heart. / Having searched through the rivers and hills of Wu and Yue, / I turn my misty oars back up the Qutang Gorge.' Then he vanished from sight. Yuan returned again to Huilin Monastery. By the beginning of the Changqing reign era, he was eighty years old. Censor-in-Chief Li Deyu submitted a memorial recommending him, saying: 'Yuan possesses consummate filial piety endowed by Heaven and has renounced all thought of official rank and salary. For over fifty years he has maintained silence, his inner realization according with the profound essentials. With a single word he resolves perplexities, washing away a hundred anxieties. Harboring such genuine integrity yet abandoned in a peaceful age, your servant privately regrets this on Your Majesty's behalf.' Emperor Muzong issued an edict appointing Yuan as Imperial Diaristic Censor, but he did not assume office, and soon died of old age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.20) - [Next: 14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.22) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.14.21) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.167) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.21) · Pramāṇa