佛祖歷代通載 6.67

6.67

(Jimao) Shi Le of Later Zhao. (Courtesy name Shilong. Native of Wuxiang in Shangdang. His ancestors were an offshoot of the Xiongnu. At age fourteen he went to Luoyang, leaning against the capital's gate and whistling. Wang Yan thought him extraordinary and said: 'This barbarian fledgling's voice and gaze show singular ambitions; he will become a calamity to the realm.' He dispatched men to seize him, but by then Le had already departed. Later he raised troops and held Xiangguo for fifteen years. Age sixty. At first Le governed with tyranny, but upon seeing the proof of Fotudeng growing a blue lotus from his bowl, he changed his mind and accepted remonstrance, which extended down to his son Hu admiring virtue and promoting the worthy.)