高僧傳 13.5

13.5

晉寧康中，至京師。先是簡文皇帝於長干寺造三層塔，塔成之後，每夕放光。達上越城顧望，見此剎杪獨有異色，便往拜敬，晨夕懇到。夜見剎下時有光出，乃告人共掘，掘入丈許，得三石碑。中央碑覆中，有一鐵函，函中又有銀函，銀函裏金函，金函裏有三舍利。又有一爪甲及一髮，髮申長數尺，卷則成螺，光色炫燿。乃周敬王時阿育王起八萬四千塔，此其一也。既道俗歎異，乃於舊塔之西，更竪一剎，施安舍利。晉太元十六年，孝武更加為三層。

During the Ningkang era of the Jin, he arrived at the capital. Prior to this, Emperor Jianwen had erected a three-story stūpa at Changgan Temple; after the stūpa was completed, it emitted light every evening. Da climbed Yuecheng and looked over in contemplation; seeing an extraordinary color solely at the tip of this spire, he went to worship with the utmost sincerity morning and evening. At night, seeing light frequently emanate from beneath the spire, he informed others and excavated together with them. Digging down about a zhang, they obtained three stone slabs. Beneath the central slab was an iron casket; inside the casket was a silver casket; inside the silver casket was a gold casket; and inside the gold casket were three relics (śarīra). There were also a fingernail and a strand of hair; when extended, the hair was several feet long, and when coiled, it formed a spiral, dazzling with light. This was one of the eighty-four thousand stūpas erected by King Aśoka during the reign of King Jing of Zhou. Monks and laypeople having marveled at it, they erected another spire west of the old stūpa to enshrine the relics. In the sixteenth year of the Taiyuan era of the Jin, Emperor Xiaowu further enlarged it to three stories.