高僧傳 9.5

9.5

竺佛圖澄者，西域人也，本姓帛氏。少出家，清真務學，誦經數百萬言，善解文義。雖未讀此土儒、史，而與諸學士論辯疑滯，皆闇若符契，無能屈者。自云：「再到罽賓受誨名師，西域咸稱得道。」以晉懷帝永嘉四年。來適洛陽，志弘大法。善誦神呪，能役使鬼物，以麻油雜胭脂塗掌，千里外事，皆徹見掌中，如對面焉，亦能令潔齋者見。又聽鈴音以言事，無不効驗。欲於洛陽立寺，值劉曜寇斥洛臺，帝京擾亂，澄立寺之志遂不果。迺潛澤草野，以觀世變。

Zhu Fotudeng was a man of the Western Regions, originally surnamed Bo. He underwent pravrajyā in his youth. Pure and truthful, he devoted himself to learning, reciting several million words of sūtras and being skilled in comprehending the meaning of the texts. Although he had not read the Confucian texts and histories of this land, when debating doubtful and difficult points with various scholars, he agreed with them as smoothly as two halves of a tally, and none could confound him. He said of himself: 'I twice went to Jibin to receive instructions from famous masters, and throughout the Western Regions all said I had attained the Way.' In the fourth year of the Yongjia reign era of Emperor Huai of Jin, he came to Luoyang with the resolve to propagate the Great Dharma. He was adept at reciting divine dhāraṇīs and could command ghosts and spirits. When he smeared his palm with sesame oil mixed with rouge, events a thousand li away were clearly seen in his palm as if face to face; he could also make those keeping pure fasts see them. Moreover, he could predict events by listening to the sound of bells, never failing to be verified. He wished to establish a temple in Luoyang, but Liu Yao invaded and raided the imperial precinct of Luoyang, throwing the capital into chaos, so Deng's intention to establish a temple came to nothing. He thereupon hid in the marshy wilds to observe the changes of the world.