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（二十三　辛酉）　康僧會至吳。按吳書。赤烏四年有康居國大丞相子姓康名僧會。棄俗歸緇。以遊化為任。行至建康營立茅茨。設像行道。吳人初見謂為妖異。有司奏聞。主欲幽之。詔至問狀。會進曰。如來大師化已千年。然靈骨舍利神應無方。昔阿育王奉之為八萬四千塔。此其遺化也。權以為誇己曰。舍利可得當為塔之。苟無驗則國有常刑。會假請七日。謂其屬曰。大法廢興在此一舉。當加意洗心潔齋懇求。至期無驗。乃展二七又無應。權趣烹之。會默念。佛名真慈。夫豈違我哉。更請展期以死祈之又七日。眾懼無天色。五鼓矣聞鏗然有聲。起視缾中五色錯發。大呼曰。果吾願矣。黎明進之。權與公卿聚觀歎曰。希世之瑞也。會又言。舍利威神一切世間無能壞者。權使力士槌之。砧碎而光明自若。於是建塔度人立寺。以其所名佛陀里。寺曰建初。奉會居焉。

(23. Xinyou [241 CE]) Kang Senghui arrived in Wu. According to the *Records of Wu*: in the fourth year of Chiwu, there was a son of the grand prime minister of the Kangju kingdom, surnamed Kang and named Senghui. He abandoned the secular world and took the black robes, taking traveling and converting people as his mission. Traveling as far as Jiankang, he erected a thatched hut, set up an image, and practiced the Way. When the people of Wu first saw him, they regarded him as bizarre and strange, and the officials reported it to the throne. The ruler intended to imprison him, but summoned him to inquire into the circumstances. [Senghui] came forward and said: "The Great Master, the Tathāgata, passed away a thousand years ago, yet his numinous bones and sarīras manifest divine efficacy without limit. Formerly, King Aśoka revered them and built 84,000 stupas; these are the vestiges of his conversion." [Sun] Quan, thinking he was boasting to him, said: "If the sarīra can be obtained, I shall build a stupa for it. If there is no verification, the state has its established punishments." Senghui requested a grace period of seven days and said to his followers: "The rise or fall of the Great Dharma hinges upon this single act. You must concentrate your efforts, cleanse your minds, observe purity through fasting, and pray earnestly." When the time came, there was no verification, so he extended it for another seven days, but still there was no response. Quan was about to have him boiled alive. Senghui meditated silently: "The Buddha is renowned for true compassion; how could he turn away from me?" He further requested an extension, praying with his life on the line for another seven days. The assembly was terrified and disconsolate. At the fifth drum, a clinking sound was heard; they arose, looked into the vase, and saw five-colored radiance bursting forth. He called out loudly, saying: "Indeed, our wish has been fulfilled!" At dawn, he presented it. Quan gathered with his ministers to look, and marveled: "It is a rare auspicious omen in the world!" Senghui further said: "The divine power of the sarīra is such that nothing in all the world can destroy it." Quan ordered strong men to strike it with a sledgehammer; the anvil broke, yet the bright light remained as before. Thereupon, he built a stupa, ordained monks, and founded a monastery, naming the neighborhood Buddha Village, and calling the monastery Jianchu Monastery, reverently inviting Senghui to reside there.