高僧傳 2.12

2.12

太安元年正月，姑臧大風，什曰：「不祥之風，當有姦叛，然不勞自定也。」俄而梁謙、彭晃相係而叛，尋皆殄滅。至光龍飛二年，張掖臨松盧水胡沮渠男成及從弟蒙遜反，推建康太守段業為主，光遣庶子秦州刺史太原公纂，率眾五萬討之。時論謂業等烏合，纂有威聲，勢必全剋。光以訪什，什曰：「觀察此行，未見其利。」既而纂敗績於合梨。俄又郭馨作亂，纂委大軍輕還，復為馨所敗，僅以身免。光中書監張資，文翰溫雅，光甚器之，資病，光博營救療。有外國道人羅叉云：「能差資疾。」光喜，給賜甚重。什知叉誑詐，告資曰：「叉不能為，益徒煩費耳，冥運雖隱，可以事試也。」乃以五色系作繩結之，燒為灰末，投水中，灰若出水還成繩者，病不可愈。須臾，灰聚浮出，復繩本形。既而又治無効，少日資亡。頃之，光又卒，子紹襲位。數日，光庶子纂殺紹自立，稱元咸寧。

In the first year of the Tai'an era, in the first month, a great wind blew in Guzang. Kumārajīva said, "This inauspicious wind portends that there will be treachery and rebellion; however, without labor it will settle of itself." Shortly afterwards, Liang Qian and Peng Huang rebelled in succession, and were soon both eliminated. In the second year of Lü Guang's Longfei era, Juqu Nancheng, a Lushui Hu of Linsong in Zhangye, and his cousin Mengxun rebelled, promoting Duan Ye, Administrator of Jiankang, as their leader. Lü Guang dispatched his concubine's son Lü Zuan, Regional Inspector of Qinzhou and Duke of Taiyuan, leading a force of fifty thousand to punish them. Public opinion at the time held that Ye and the others were a motley mob and that Zuan had great prestige, so that his total victory was certain. Lü Guang consulted Kumārajīva about this, and Kumārajīva said, "Observing this expedition, I see no benefit in it." Soon after, Zuan suffered defeat at Heli. Shortly, Guo Xin also staged a rebellion; Zuan abandoned the main army and returned lightly accompanied, only to be defeated again by Xin, barely escaping with his life. Lü Guang's Director of the Palace Secretariat, Zhang Zi, was refined and elegant in literature, and Lü Guang held him in great esteem. When Zi fell ill, Lü Guang sought treatments far and wide. A foreign monk named Luozha said, "I can cure Zi's illness." Lü Guang was delighted and gave him lavish rewards. Kumārajīva knew that Luozha was deceiving him and told Zi, "Luozha cannot do it; it is merely wasted trouble and expense. Although the workings of destiny are hidden, they can be tested by an event." He then tied five-colored threads into knots, burned them to ash, and cast the ash into water: if the ash came out of the water and returned to the form of thread, the illness could not be cured. In a moment, the ashes gathered, floated up, and regained their original shape as thread. Later, treatments were indeed of no avail, and after a few days Zi died. Soon after, Lü Guang also died, and his son Lü Shao inherited the throne. A few days later, Lü Guang's concubine's son Zuan murdered Shao and set himself up, styling his reign era Xianning.