[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) › [續高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060) › 12.29 # 續高僧傳 12.29 續高僧傳 12.29 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.12.29) 釋慧遷。瀛州人也。好學專問。愛翫地論。以為心賞之極。負錫馳騁求慕郢匠。雖研精一部。而橫洞百家。每至難理。則群師具敘。有齊之時早扇名實。又從遠公重流前業。義不再緣。周經一紀併通涅槃地持。並得講授。齊亡法毀南奔陳國。大隋革運又歸鄉壤。行經洛下還附遠焉。故業新聞備填胸臆。及遠入關從而來至。住大興善。弘敷為任。開皇十七年。勅立五眾。請遷為十地眾主。處寶光寺。相續講說。聲類攸陳。仁壽二年。勅令送舍利於本鄉弘博寺。既至掘基入地六尺。感發紫光散衝塔上。其相如焰。似金像所佩者。又土上成字。黑文分明。云轉輪王佛塔也。見此靈相咸慶希逢。仁壽四年。又於海州安和寺起塔。掘深五尺便獲白土。色逾於粉遍滿坑中。復深八尺。於白土內得白玉一枚。方餘徑尺光潤難比。及將下旦放大光明。通照城郭色如紅火。舍利出瓶。分為六粒。現希有事。眾皆歎訝。遷後頻開十地。京邑乃多無與比肩者。及大禪定興。召入處之。武德末年卒於所住。春秋七十有九矣。自遷之末後。十地一部絕聞關壤。道由人弘。於斯驗矣。有心之寄誠可勵諸。 > Śramaṇa Huiqian was a native of Yingzhou. Fond of learning and devoted to questioning, he took pleasure in studying the Daśabhūmika-śāstra, considering it the ultimate joy of the mind. Carrying his tin staff, he traveled widely seeking out masters of high caliber. Though he examined that single work with fine care, he also possessed a broad penetration of a hundred traditions; whenever difficult points of principle arose, all the masters would provide their expositions. During the Qi dynasty, his name and reality had already spread far. Furthermore, he studied under Master \[Hui\]yuan to re-examine his former studies, without needing to be taught twice. In the course of twelve years, he mastered both the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra and the Bodhisattvabhūmi, and was qualified to lecture on both. When the Qi fell and the Dharma was destroyed, he fled south to the Chen state. When the Great Sui inaugurated a new mandate, he returned to his home region. Passing through Luoyang, he again attached himself to Yuan; his old training and new knowledge fully filled his breast. When Yuan entered the Pass, Qian accompanied him and arrived, residing at Da Xingshan Temple and taking wide dissemination as his duty. In the seventeenth year of Kaihuang, when the five assemblies were established by imperial edict, Qian was invited to be head of the Daśabhūmika congregation, residing at Baoguang Temple, where he lectured continuously and expounded the various doctrinal classes. In the second year of Renshou, an imperial edict ordered him to escort relics to Hongbo Temple in his native district. When they arrived and dug a foundation six feet into the earth, a purple light was miraculously emitted, surging up toward the stūpa, resembling flames, like the ornaments worn by golden statues. Furthermore, characters appeared upon the earth in clear black script, reading, "Stūpa of the Wheel-Turning King Buddha." Seeing these miraculous signs, all rejoiced at such a rare encounter. In the fourth year of Renshou, he again built a stūpa at Anhe Temple in Haizhou; digging five feet deep, they found white earth, whiter than powder, filling the entire pit. Digging eight feet deeper, within the white earth they obtained a piece of white jade, more than a foot square, of incomparable luster. On the morning when the relics were to be enshrined, a great light was emitted, illuminating the city walls, red like fire. When the relics emerged from the jar, they divided into six grains, displaying rare marvels, so that the crowd was filled with sighing astonishment. Later, Qian frequently opened lectures on the Daśabhūmika-śāstra; in the capital, few could rival him. When Da Chanding was established, he was summoned to reside there. Toward the end of Wude, he passed away at his dwelling at the age of seventy-nine. After Qian's demise, lectures on the Daśabhūmika-śāstra ceased to be heard in the region within the Pass. That the Way is magnified by people is verified here. Those who apply their minds may truly be encouraged by this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.12.28) - [Next: 12.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.12.30) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060~en-mt.12.29) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.12.29) · Pramāṇa