[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) › 4.287 # 釋氏稽古略 4.287 釋氏稽古略 4.287 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.287](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.287) 宋秀州（今嘉興路）春旱。禱精嚴寺觀音有驗。重裝聖像。夏旱復有講。郡守曾侯夢白衣天人曰。我固當為此方致雨。然面目不淨三十里無所見。不能與眾聖會奈何。明日詰其由。果匠者欲聖容明潤。用鷄子牛膠調粉故爾。遂改新之。隨禱即應（繫年錄觀音感應集）。 > In Xiuzhou of the Song (now Jiaxing Circuit), there was a spring drought. Prayers to Guanyin at Jingyan Monastery proved efficacious, and the holy image was redecorated. In the summer, drought occurred again, and prayers were offered once more. Marquis Zeng, the prefect, dreamed of a heavenly being in white robes who said: "I indeed ought to bring rain for this region. However, my face is impure, and I cannot see anything for thirty li; how can I convene with the assembly of holy ones?" The next day he investigated the cause, and it turned out that the artisan, desiring the holy countenance to be bright and moist, had mixed egg whites and ox glue with the powder. Thereupon they redid it anew, and as soon as prayers were offered, there was an immediate response (Xinian lu, Guanyin ganying ji). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.286](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.286) - [Next: 4.288](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.288) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037~en-mt.4.287) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.287](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.287) · Pramāṇa