釋氏稽古略 2.191

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誦經延壽　梁釋智藏法師。初遊建康。帝召見深加敬禮。帝為寶誌大士建塔寺曰開善。勅藏居焉。遇異人曰。師壽止三十一歲。藏乃竭精修道。專誦金剛般若波羅蜜經。至厄之年俄空中曰。承般若力得倍壽矣。果然壽終六十二歲。勅葬獨龍山寶公寺之左。由是江左道俗皆持誦金剛般若經（感應傳）。

Reciting Sutras to Prolong Life: Śramaṇa Dharma Master Zhizang of the Liang initially travelled to Jiankang. The emperor summoned him for an audience and showed him deep respect. The emperor built a stupa and monastery for Mahāsattva Baozhi called Kaishan, and edicted that Zhizang reside there. Zhizang encountered an extraordinary person who said: "Your life expectancy, Master, ends at thirty-one years." Zhizang thereupon exhausted his utmost vigour to cultivate the Way, single-mindedly reciting the Vajracchedikā-prajñāpāramitā Sūtra. When the fateful year arrived, a voice suddenly said from mid-air: "By the power of prajñā, your lifespan is doubled." And indeed, his life ended at the age of sixty-two. He was buried by imperial decree to the left of Master Bao's monastery on Mount Dulong. Because of this, monastics and laity of Jiangzuo all uphold and recite the Diamond Sūtra. (Ganying zhuan).