宋高僧傳 2.24

2.24

常聞支那大國，文殊在中，錫指東方，誓傳佛教。乃泛海東邁，垂至廣州，風飄却返，抵執師子國之東。又集資糧，重修巨舶，遍歷南海諸國二十二年，再近番禺，風濤遽作，舶破人沒，唯慧存焉。夜至五更，其風方止，所齎經論，莫知所之。及登海壖，其夾策已在岸矣，於白沙內大竹筩中得之，宛為鬼物扶持而到。乃歎曰：「此《大乘理趣》等經，想支那人根熟矣！」

He had always heard that in the great country of Cīna, Mañjuśrī resided, and pointing his staff toward the east, he vowed to transmit the Buddhist teachings there. He then took to the sea and sailed eastward. When he was about to reach Guangzhou, a wind blew him back, carrying him to the east of Siṃhala. He gathered provisions again, refitted a great ship, and traveled throughout the various countries of the Southern Seas for twenty-two years. When he again drew near Panyu, a storm of wind and waves suddenly arose; the ship was wrecked and the people drowned, with only Prajñā surviving. By the fifth watch of the night, the wind finally ceased, but the scriptures and treatises he had carried were lost without a trace. When he climbed onto the seashore, his palm-leaf manuscripts were already on the beach; he found them inside a large bamboo cylinder within the white sand, just as if spirits had carried them ashore. He then sighed and said: "Regarding sūtras such as this Mahāyāna Naya, I think the faculties of the people of Cīna are now ripe!"