佛祖歷代通載 8.11

8.11

（二　丙寅）　元嘉三年。神僧杯渡初出冀州。如清狂者。挈十木杯。渡水必乘之。因號焉。甞自孟津乘杯絕岸至金陵。時年四十許。狀寒窶喜怒不常。遇盛寒輒穴氷而浴或著屐登山。或跣足市中行。荷一蘆圈。時造延賢寺。沙門法意遇之尤勤。忽棄去行瓜步欲登舟。舟人不即應。遂乘杯絕北岸。廣陵村有李氏。方飯僧。渡徑入以蘆圈置庭中坐席上。眾環目之。渡自若座有怒者。見蘆圈礙道移之。饒力不能動。渡食畢挈之而去。笑曰。四天王。時有童子。竊見圈中。有四小兒。皆長數寸。眉目如畫。及追之失所在。由此顯迹。及卒後復時時有人見之云。

(Year 2: Bingyin) In the third year of Yuanjia, the wondrous monk Beidu (Cup Crosser) first appeared in Ji Province. He seemed like an eccentric madman. Carrying ten wooden cups, whenever he crossed water he had to ride them, hence his moniker. Once, he rode a cup from Mengjin across the river to Jinling. At that time he was around forty years old, looked impoverished, and was unpredictable in joy and anger. In the bitter cold he would cut a hole in the ice to bathe; sometimes he wore wooden clogs to climb mountains, or walked barefoot in the marketplace, shouldering a reed hoop. At times he visited the Yanxian Monastery, where the monk Fayi treated him with particular diligence. Suddenly he left and walked to Guabu, wanting to board a boat. The boatman did not respond immediately, so he rode a cup across to the northern bank.
In a village in Guangling there was a Li clan that was feeding monks. Beidu went straight in, placed his reed hoop on a mat in the courtyard, and sat down. The crowd stared at him, but Beidu remained composed. Someone in the seats grew angry, saw the reed hoop blocking the path, and tried to move it, but even with great strength could not budge it. After Beidu finished eating, he picked it up and walked away, laughing and saying, "The Four Heavenly Kings!" At that time a boy peeked inside the hoop and saw four little children, all a few inches tall, with features painted like a picture. When they pursued him, they lost track of where he was. From this his traces were revealed; and after he died, people still saw him from time to time.