高僧傳 5.34

5.34

後入巴陵君山伐木，《山海經》所謂洞庭山也。山上有穴，通吳之苞山。山既靈異，人甚憚之，翼率人入山，路值白蛇數十，臥遮行轍，翼退還所住，遙請山靈為其禮懺。乃謂神曰：「吾造寺伐材，幸願共為功德。」夜即夢見神人告翼曰：「法師既為三寶須用，特相隨喜，但莫令餘人妄有所伐。」明日更往，路甚清夷，於是伐木，沿流而下，其中伐人不免私竊。還至寺上，翼材已畢，餘人所私之者，悉為官所取。其誠感如此。

Later, he went into Mount Jun in Baling to fell timber; this is what the Shanhaijing calls Mount Dongting. On the mountain there was a cave connected to Mount Bao in Wu. As the mountain was numinous and uncanny, people feared it greatly. When Yi led men into the mountain, they encountered several tens of white snakes lying across the path to block their way. Yi withdrew to where he was staying and petitioned the mountain spirit from afar, repenting and confessing on its behalf. He then said to the spirit: "I am felling timber to build a temple, and I hope we may share in this merit." That night he saw a spirit-man in a dream who told Yi: "Since the Dharma Master requires it for the Three Jewels, I rejoice especially in your endeavor, but do not allow other people to fell trees recklessly." When they went again the next day, the path was completely clear and level. Thereupon they felled the timber and floated it downstream; among them, the woodcutters could not refrain from stealing some for their private use. When they arrived at the temple, Yi's timber was intact, but all that the other men had taken for themselves was confiscated by officials. Such was his sincere efficacy.