[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) › [高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059) › 10.27 # 高僧傳 10.27 高僧傳 10.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.10.27) 時南州有陳家，頗有衣食，度往其家，甚見料理。聞都下復有一杯度，陳家父子五人咸不信，故下都看之，果如其家杯度，形相一種。陳為設一合蜜薑，及刀子、熏陸香、手巾等。度即食蜜薑都盡，餘物宛在膝前。其父子五人，恐是其家杯度，即留二弟停都守視，餘三人還家。家中杯度如舊，膝前亦有香、刀子等，但不噉蜜薑為異。乃語陳云：「刀子鈍，可為磨之。」二弟都還，云彼度已移靈鷲寺。其家度忽求黃紙兩幅作書，書不成字，合同其背。陳問：「上人作何券書？」度不答，竟莫測其然。 > At that time in Nanzhou, there was a Chen family who were fairly well-off. Beidu went to their house and was treated with great hospitality. Hearing that there was another Beidu in the capital, the five men of the Chen family—father and sons—could not believe it, so they went down to the capital to observe him. He was indeed identical in appearance to the Beidu at their home. Chen set out for him a box of honeyed ginger, as well as a knife, frankincense, a towel, and other items. Beidu immediately ate all the honeyed ginger; the other objects remained right before his knees. The five father and sons, fearing that this might be the Beidu from their own home, left two younger brothers behind in the capital to keep watch, while the remaining three returned home. The Beidu at their house was as before, with the incense, knife, and other items also before his knees, only he had not eaten the honeyed ginger, which was the sole difference. He then said to Chen, "The knife is dull; you may sharpen it for me." When the two younger brothers returned from the capital, they said that the other Beidu had already moved to Lingjiu Temple. The Beidu at their home suddenly asked for two sheets of yellow paper to write a letter. The writing did not form proper characters, and he pressed their backs together. Chen asked, "What sort of contract or document is the Venerable One writing?" Beidu did not reply, and in the end no one could fathom its meaning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.10.26) - [Next: 10.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.10.28) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.10.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.10.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.10.27) · Pramāṇa