釋氏稽古略 1.550

1.550

魏　陳思王曹植。字子建。武帝中子。十歲誦詩書十萬餘言。善屬文。每讀佛經留連嗟玩。以為至道之宗極。轉讀七聲升降曲折之響。世皆諷而則之。遊魚山聞有聲特異。清颺哀婉。因傚其聲為梵讚。今法事有魚山梵。即其餘奏也（弘明集）。

Wei: King Si of Chen, Cao Zhi, courtesy name Zijian, was the middle son of Emperor Wu. At the age of ten, he could recite more than one hundred thousand words of the Odes and the Book of Documents, and was skilled in composition. Whenever he read Buddhist scriptures, he would linger over them with sighs of admiration, considering them the ultimate origin of the supreme Way. When intoning texts with the melodic inflections of the seven musical tones, everyone in the world chanted and modeled after him. Once, roaming Mount Yu, he heard an extraordinary sound, clear, resonant, sorrowful, and melodious. Thereupon he imitated the sound to compose Sanskrit chants. Today's Buddhist rituals include the Mount Yu Chants, which are the remaining performances thereof (Hongming ji).