續高僧傳 26.68

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釋圓超。觀州阜城人。十地涅槃是其經略。言行所表必詢猷焉。晚住京寺策名臺省。仁壽末歲。下勅造塔於廉州化城寺。初達州西四十餘里。道俗導引競列長幡。南風勁利樹林北靡。惟有幡脚南北相分。雖為風吹都不移亂。及初行道設二佛盤。忽有蜻蛉二枚各在盤上。相當而住。形極麁大長五寸許。色麗青綠大如人指。七日相續如前停住。行道既散欻然飛去。比後下塔還復飛來。填埋都了絕而不見。當下正中。塔基上空。五色慶雲狀如傘蓋。方直齊正如人所為。雲下見一白鵠翔飛旋轉。事了俱散超還京室不測其終。

Śramaṇa Yuanchao was a native of Fucheng in Guanzhou. The Daśabhūmika and Nirvāṇa [Sūtras] were the core of his learning; whatever his words and deeds expressed, people invariably sought counsel from them. Later in life, he resided in capital temples, gaining renown in the imperial ministries. In the final years of Renshou, an imperial edict ordered the construction of a pagoda at Huacheng Temple in Lianzhou. When he first arrived more than forty li west of the prefecture, clerics and laity guided the way, vying to arrange long banners. The south wind blew violently, bending the forest trees toward the north; yet only the streamers of the banners parted toward the south and north, undisturbed and unruffled despite the wind. When they first performed the circumambulation and set out two Buddha platters, suddenly two dragonflies settled upon the platters, facing each other. Their forms were exceedingly large, about five inches long, their color an exquisite blue-green, and thick as a human finger. For seven consecutive days they remained as before. When the circumambulation concluded, they abruptly flew away. When the relics were about to be interred, they flew back again; once the burial was completed, they disappeared without a trace. Exactly at noon during the internment, directly above the pagoda foundation, five-colored auspicious clouds appeared like a parasol, square, upright, and neat as if crafted by human hand. Beneath the clouds, a white swan was seen soaring and wheeling about. Once the ceremony was concluded, all dispersed. Chao returned to the capital, and his end is not known.