高僧傳 6.51

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後欲作畫像，須銅青，困不能得。夜夢見一人，迂其床前云：「此下有銅鍾。」覺即掘之，果得二口，因以青成像。後以銅助遠公鑄佛，餘一，武昌太守熊無患借視，遂留之。安後不知所終。

Later, wishing to make painted images, he needed verdigris (copper green) but was frustrated at not being able to obtain it. At night he dreamed of a man approaching his bed, saying: 'Underneath here are bronze bells.' Waking, he dug immediately and indeed found two bells, using the green [patina] to complete the images. Later he used the bronze to help the Venerable Yuan cast a Buddha image; one remaining bell was borrowed for viewing by Xiong Wuhuan, the Grand Administrator of Wuchang, who then kept it. It is not known how Fa'an ended his life.