佛祖歷代通載 21.5

21.5

聖人出世。威靈氣焰。自天佑之。膺命立極。超今邁古。且以鳳凰在殼。渥洼墮地。猶自絕類離倫。矧我

when a sage appears in the world, his awe-inspiring spiritual potency and majestic radiance are aided by Heaven; receiving the mandate, he establishes the pole of sovereignty, surpassing the present and exceeding the past. Moreover, while a phoenix is still in its shell or a steed from the Wowa River has just fallen to the ground, they are already beyond ordinary species and peerless; how much more so our