高僧傳 13.24

13.24

至梁天監六年，有始豐令吳郡陸咸罷邑還國，夜宿剡溪，值風雨晦冥，咸危懼假寐，忽夢見三道人來告云：「君識信堅正，自然安隱。有建安殿下感患未瘳，若能治剡縣僧護所造石像得成就者，必獲平豫。冥理非虛，宜相開發也。」咸還都經年，稍忘前夢，後出門乃見一僧，云聽講寄宿，因言：「去歲剡溪所囑建安王事，猶憶此不？」咸當時懼然，答云：「不憶。」道人笑曰：「宜更思之。」仍即辭去。咸悟其非凡，乃倒屣諮訪，追及百步，忽然不見。咸豁爾意解，具憶前夢，乃剡溪所見第三僧也。咸即馳啟建安王，王即以上聞，勅遣僧祐律師專任像事。王乃深信益加，喜踊充遍，抽捨金貝，誓取成畢。初僧祐未至，一日，寺僧慧逞夢見黑衣大神，翼從甚壯，立于龕所，商略分數，至明旦而祐律師至，其神應若此。

In the sixth year of Tianjian of the Liang, Lu Xian of Wu commandery, magistrate of Shifeng, was relieved of his post and returning to the capital. Spending the night at Shan Stream, he encountered dark wind and rain; anxious and fearful, Xian was dozing, when he suddenly dreamed of three Daoists who came and told him, "Your discernment and faith are steadfast and correct; you will naturally be safe and at peace. His Highness the Prince of Jian'an is suffering an illness that has not healed; if you can repair and complete the stone image made by Senghu of Shan county, he will certainly recover. The principle of the unseen world is not empty; you should make this known to him." After Xian returned to the capital, a year passed, and he gradually forgot his previous dream. Later, going out the gate, he saw a monk who said he had come to listen to lectures and lodging overnight, and thereupon asked, "Do you still remember the matter of the Prince of Jian'an entrusted to you last year at Shan Stream?" Startled at the moment, Xian replied, "I do not remember." The Daoist smiled and said, "You should think about it again," and immediately took his leave. Xian realized he was extraordinary, and hurriedly put on his shoes backwards to inquire after him; catching up to him within a hundred paces, the monk suddenly vanished. Xian's understanding cleared at once, fully recalling his former dream: he was the third monk seen at Shan Stream. Xian immediately hurried to inform the Prince of Jian'an, who then reported it to the throne. An imperial order was issued dispatching Vinaya Master Sengyou to take sole charge of the image. The prince's deep faith increased all the more, filled with exultation; he donated gold and treasures, vowing to see it completed. Before Sengyou had arrived, one day the temple monk Huicheng dreamed of a great black-robed deity, with a majestic retinue, standing at the niche calculating the proportions; the next morning Vinaya Master Sengyou arrived. Such was the divine resonance.