[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) › 6.56 # 高僧傳 6.56 高僧傳 6.56 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.56) 遠有弟子慧要，亦解經律，而尤長巧思。山中無刻漏，乃於泉水中立十二葉芙蓉，因流波轉，以定十二時，晷景無差焉。亦嘗作木鳶，飛數百步。 > Huiyuan had a disciple named Huiyao, who also understood the sūtras and vinaya, but was especially skilled in ingenious contrivances. As there was no water clock on the mountain, he fashioned a twelve-petaled lotus in the spring water, which rotated with the flowing ripples to determine the twelve hours, and the shadow of the sun never deviated. He also once constructed a wooden kite that flew for several hundred paces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.55) - [Next: 6.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.57) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.6.56) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.56) · Pramāṇa