[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037) › 1.559 # 釋氏稽古略 1.559 釋氏稽古略 1.559 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.559](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.1.559) 吳　赤烏四年。康居國三藏康僧會至吳。營立茅茨。設像行道。國人初見沙門驚異之。有司以聞。孫權曰。是漢明帝所夢佛道之遺風耶。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。苟其無驗國有常刑。會請期七日無驗。乃展二七日無驗。權曰。趣烹之。會默念。佛名真慈。夫豈違我哉。更請展期又七日。五鼓矣。聞鏘然有聲。起視缾中。光明錯發。黎明進之。權與公卿聚觀嘆曰。希世之瑞也。會又言。舍利威神。一切世間無能壞者。權使力士搥之。砧碎而光明自若。權乃為建塔於建業之佛陀里。又為寺奉會居焉。額曰建初。江南寺塔此為始也。僧會康居國大丞相之長子也（弘明集）。 > Wu: In the fourth year of Chiwu, Tripiṭaka Master Kang Senghui of the kingdom of Kangju arrived in Wu. He built a thatched hut, set up an image, and practiced the Way. When the people of the state first saw a śramaṇa, they were astonished. The authorities reported this to the throne. Sun Quan said: "Is this the surviving tradition of the Buddhist Way dreamed of by Emperor Ming of the Han?" He issued an edict summoning him to inquire into the matter. Senghui came forward and said: "It has been a thousand years since the great master Tathāgata entered extinction, yet his numinous bones and relics have miraculous responses without limit. Formerly, King Aśoka revered them and built eighty-four thousand stupas; this is his bequeathed teaching." Quan thought he was boasting and said: "If a relic can be obtained, I shall build a stupa for it. If it fails to show proof, the state has its established punishments." Senghui requested a period of seven days, but there was no proof; the time was extended by another seven days, yet still without proof. Quan said: "Hurry and boil him!" Senghui meditated silently: "The Buddha is named True Compassion; how could he fail me?" He requested a further extension of another seven days. At the fifth drum, he heard a resonant clinking sound. Getting up to look inside the vase, light radiated forth in brilliant flashes. At daybreak, he presented it. Quan gathered with his ministers to observe it and sighed: "This is a rare auspicious sign in the world!" Senghui further said: "The awe-inspiring spirit of the relic is such that nothing in all the world can destroy it." Quan ordered strongmen to strike it with a hammer; the anvil was shattered, while its light remained unchanged. Quan thereupon built a stupa for it at Fotuoli in Jianye, and also built a monastery for Senghui to dwell in, bestowing the plaque 'Jianchu' (First Established). This was the beginning of monasteries and stupas in Jiangnan. Senghui was the eldest son of the grand prime minister of the kingdom of Kangju. (Hongming ji) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.558](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.1.558) - [Next: 1.560](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.1.560) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037~en-mt.1.559) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.5.99) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.1.559](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.1.559) · Pramāṇa