[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) › 25.44 # 續高僧傳 25.44 續高僧傳 25.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [25.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.25.44) 釋慧簡。不知何許人。梁初在道。戒業弘峻殊奇膽勇。荊州廳事東。先有三間別齋。由來屢多鬼怪。時王建武臨治。猶無有能住者。惟簡是王君門師。專任居之。自住一間。餘安經像。俄見一人黑衣無目。從壁中出便倚簡門上。時簡目開心了。但口不得語。意念觀世音。良久鬼曰。承君精進故來相試。今神色不動。豈復逼耶。欻然還入壁中。簡徐起澡漱禮誦訖。還如常眠。寐夢向人曰。僕以漢末居此數百年。為性剛直多所不堪。君誠淨行好人。特相容耳。於此遂絕。簡住積載。安隱如初。若經他行猶無有人能住之者。 > Śramaṇa Huijian: it is not known where he was from. In the early Liang he was in the monastic Way; his keeping of the precepts was lofty and strict, and his courage was extraordinary. To the east of the administrative hall of Jingzhou, there had previously been a separate three-room study where ghosts and monsters had long appeared frequently. When Wang Jianwu was in charge of the administration, there was still no one who could dwell there. Only Jian, who was Lord Wang's household master, was entrusted to reside there alone. He lived in one room himself, and placed scriptures and statues in the remainder. Soon, he saw a person dressed in black clothing without eyes emerge from the wall and lean against Jian's door. At the time, Jian's eyes were open and his mind was clear, but his mouth could not speak; in his mind he recollected Guanshiyin. After a good while, the ghost said: 'Hearing of your vigorous cultivation, I came to test you. Now that your spirit and countenance are unmoved, how could I press upon you further?' Suddenly, he vanished back into the wall. Jian slowly arose, washed, rinsed his mouth, and completed his devotions and recitation, then returned to sleep as usual. In a dream, the figure said to him: 'Having dwelt here since the end of the Han for several hundred years, my nature is unbending and upright, and there is much I cannot tolerate. You are truly a person of pure conduct and goodness, so I make a special allowance for you.' With this, the disturbances ceased entirely. Jian dwelt there for many years, peaceful and secure as in the beginning. Whenever he traveled elsewhere, there was still no one who could live there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 25.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.25.43) - [Next: 25.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.25.45) - [Up: 25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.25) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060~en-mt.25.44) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.25.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.25.44) · Pramāṇa