高僧傳 1.8

1.8

Furthermore, in the past, when Emperor Wu of the Han excavated the bottom of Lake Kunming, he discovered black ash and asked Dongfang Shuo about it. Shuo said: 'I do not know in detail; you may ask a person from the Western Regions.' Later, when Dharmarakṣa arrived, the crowd pursued the matter and asked him. Dharmarakṣa said: 'When the world comes to an end and the kalpa fire burns completely through, this ash is what remains.' Shuo's words were thus verified, and those who believed were very numerous. Dharmarakṣa later died in Luoyang, his age being sixty-odd years.