[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) › 3.196 # 釋氏稽古略 3.196 釋氏稽古略 3.196 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.196) 九月。太尉中書令韋皐薨。皐治蜀二十一年。封南康忠武王。四川奉祀之以為土神。禮重釋氏法。嘉州鐫山為石佛像成。皐為記有曰。頭圍千尺。目廣二丈。其餘相好一一稱是。又甞訓一鸚鵡念佛。鵡斃。皐曰是念佛者。官以桑門禮闍維之。果得舍利二顆。皐為記。略曰。元精以五氣授萬類。雖鱗介毛羽必有感清英純粹者矣。聿彼禽類習乎能言。了空相於不念。留真骨於已斃。殆其元聖示現感於人心。 > In the ninth month, the Grand Defender and Secretariat Director Wei Gao passed away. Gao had governed Shu for twenty-one years and was enfeoffed as King Zhongwu of Nankang. The people of Sichuan offered sacrifices to him as an earth deity. He deeply revered the Dharma of the Śākya lineage. When the stone Buddha statue carved into the mountain at Jiazhou was completed, Gao composed an inscription for it, which stated: 'Its head is one thousand cubits in circumference; its eyes are two rods wide; the rest of the marks and signs correspond perfectly.' He also once trained a parrot to recite the Buddha's name. When the parrot died, Gao said, 'This was a reciter of the Buddha's name,' and officials cremated it according to the rites for a śramaṇa. They indeed obtained two relics (śarīra). Gao composed an inscription, which briefly stated: 'The primordial essence confers the five pneumas upon the myriad kinds \[of beings\]. Even among those with scales, shells, fur, and feathers, there must be some that receive what is pure, bright, and unadulterated. Behold, this feathered creature trained until it was able to speak; it comprehended the mark of emptiness in non-recollection and left behind true bones after death. Surely this was an incarnation of the primordial sage to awaken the hearts of humankind.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.195) - [Next: 3.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.197) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037~en-mt.3.196) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.54) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.196) · Pramāṇa