佛祖歷代通載 8.24

8.24

（八　丙子）　文帝幸曲水。公卿畢集。帝命賦詩。沙門惠觀詩先成奏之。句有奇勝之韻。帝悅以示百官。皆歎服其才。觀與惠嚴謝靈運等。詳定大涅槃經。頗增損其辭因夢為神人呵之曰。乃敢妄以凡情輕瀆聖典。觀等惶懼而止。

(8. Bingzi) Emperor Wen visited the Winding Waters, where the ministers and high officials gathered together. The Emperor ordered them to compose poems. The śramaṇa Huiguan’s poem was completed first and presented; its lines possessed an extraordinary and sublime resonance. The Emperor was delighted and showed it to the civil and military officials, who all marveled at and admired his talent. Huiguan, together with Huiyan, Xie Lingyun, and others, carefully revised and established the text of the Great Parinirvāṇa Sūtra, considerably adding to and pruning its wording. Because of this, he dreamed that a divine being rebuked him, saying: “How dare you presumptuously use worldly sentiments to lightly profane the sacred scripture?” Huiguan and the others were terrified and stopped.