[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) › 2.13 # 高僧傳 2.13 高僧傳 2.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.13) 咸寧二年，有猪生子，一身三頭，龍出東廂井中，到殿前蟠臥，比旦失之，纂以為美瑞，號大殿為龍翔殿。俄而有黑龍升於當陽九宮門，纂改九宮門為龍興門。什奏曰：「比日潛龍出遊，豕妖表異。龍者陰類，出入有時，而今屢見，則為災眚，必有下人謀上之變，宜剋己修德，以答天戒。」纂不納。與什博戲，殺棋，曰：「斫胡奴頭。」什曰：「不能斫胡奴頭，胡奴將斫人頭。」此言有旨，而纂終不悟。光弟保有子名超，超小字胡奴，後果殺纂斬首，立其兄隆為主，時人方驗什之言也。 > In the second year of the Xianning era, a sow gave birth to a piglet with one body and three heads. A dragon emerged from a well in the eastern wing and coiled itself before the palace hall; by dawn it had disappeared. Zuan took this as an auspicious omen and named the grand hall the Dragon Soaring Hall. Shortly afterwards, a black dragon ascended at the Nine Palaces Gate facing the sun; Zuan renamed the Nine Palaces Gate the Dragon Rising Gate. Kumārajīva submitted a memorial saying, "Recently, hidden dragons have come out to roam, and a pig omen has displayed an abnormality. Dragons belong to the yin category; their coming and going have their seasons. Appearing repeatedly now, they portend calamity; there will surely be a revolt of inferiors plotting against superiors. You should restrain yourself and cultivate virtue to respond to Heaven's warning." Zuan did not accept it. Playing a game of bo with Kumārajīva, Zuan captured a piece and said, "I cut off the Hu slave's head!" Kumārajīva said, "You cannot cut off the Hu slave's head; the Hu slave will cut off a man's head." These words held an inner meaning, but Zuan remained oblivious to the end. Lü Guang's younger brother Bao had a son named Chao, whose childhood name was Hu Nu. Later, Chao indeed killed Zuan, cutting off his head, and set up his elder brother Long as ruler; only then did the people of that time realize the truth of Kumārajīva's words. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.12) - [Next: 2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.14) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.2.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.13) · Pramāṇa