高僧傳 10.24

10.24

後東遊入吳郡。路見釣魚師，因就乞魚。魚師施一餧者。度手弄反覆，還投水中，游泳而去。又見魚網師，更從乞魚。網師瞋罵不與。度乃捻取兩石子擲水中，俄而有兩水牛鬪其網中。網既碎敗，不復見牛，度亦已隱。行至松江，乃仰蓋於水中，乘而度岸。經涉會稽、剡縣，登天台山，數月而反京師。

Later he traveled east into Wu Commandery. On the road he saw an angler and approached him to beg for a fish. The angler gave him a rotten one. Beidu turned it over and over in his hands and threw it back into the water, where it swam away. He also saw a net fisherman and again begged for a fish from him. The fisherman grew angry, cursed him, and would not give any. Beidu then picked up two pebbles and threw them into the water; soon, two water buffaloes fought within his net. After the net was ripped and destroyed, the buffaloes were seen no more, and Beidu had also vanished. Traveling as far as the Song River, he turned a parasol upside down in the water and crossed to the bank riding it. Passing through Kuaiji and Shan County, he ascended Mount Tiantai, and after several months returned to the capital.