高僧傳 13.16

13.16

釋法意，江左人。好營福業，起五十三寺。晉義熙中，鍾山祭酒朱應子。先是孫恩建義之黨，竄居此山，分其外地少許，與意為寺，號曰「延賢寺」。後杯度去來此寺，云：「此處尋有諸變，後時當好。地對天堂，易為福業。」俄為野火所燒。後齊諧及張寅等，藉杯度之旨，語在〈度傳〉。乃與意共行山地，更欲修立，而無水，不可住。意惟杯度之言，乃竭誠禮懺，乞西方池水。經于三日，懇惻彌至。忽聞空中有聲，撲然著地。意恐是金帛，試令人掘入二尺許，泫然清流，遂成㵎不絕，於是立寺。意後不知所終。

Śramaṇa Fayi was a man of Jiangzuo. He was fond of undertaking meritorious deeds and founded fifty-three temples. During the Yixi era of the Jin, the libationer Zhu Yingzi of Mount Zhong—formerly a partisan of Sun En's uprising—hid and dwelt on this mountain, and allotted a small portion of his outer land to Yi to establish a temple, which was called Yanxian Temple. Later, Beidu came and went at this temple, saying, "Here there will soon be various changes, and afterwards it will become fine. The land faces the heavenly realm, making it easy to perform meritorious deeds." Soon after, it was burnt down by a wild fire. Later, Qi Xie, Zhang Yin, and others, relying on Beidu's instructions—the account is in the biography of Beidu—walked the mountain lands together with Yi, wishing to rebuild it; however, there was no water, so they could not dwell there. Yi recalled Beidu's words, and with utmost sincerity performed repentance and worship, praying for the water of the Western pond. After three days, his earnest sincerity reached its utmost. Suddenly, a sound was heard in the sky, falling with a crash upon the ground. Yi feared it might be gold or silk; he tested it by having someone dig down about two feet, and a clear stream welled forth, becoming a never-ending mountain brook. Thereupon the temple was established. It is not known where Yi finally ended his days.