宋高僧傳 21.37

21.37

釋法江者，江東人也，來遊岷蜀，居于法聚寺——寺即隋蜀王秀之造也。寺內有仁壽中文帝樹舍利塔。江以慈憫為懷，多逆知其來，言無少誤。甞在房中謂門人曰：「外有萬餘人，盡戴帽形且攣踡，從吾乞救。汝速出寺外求之。」不見人物，弟子怪師之言何其倒亂。徙倚之間，有數十人荷檐竹器中螺子至，江曰：「此之是歟！」命取錢贖之，投于水中矣。

Shi Fajiang was a native of Jiangdong. He came to travel in Min and Shu, and lived at Faju Temple—which was built by Prince Xiu of Shu during the Sui dynasty. Inside the temple was a śarīra stupa erected by Emperor Wen during the Renshou era. Jiang took compassionate pity as his core concern; he often foresaw things before they arrived, and his words were never mistaken in the slightest. Once, inside his room, he said to his disciples, "Outside there are more than ten thousand people, all wearing caps and curled up, begging me for salvation. Go outside the temple quickly and look for them." Seeing neither people nor things, the disciples wondered why their master's words were so disordered. While they were hesitating, several tens of people arrived carrying snail shells in bamboo baskets on shoulder poles. Jiang said, "This is it!" He ordered money to be fetched to ransom them, and cast them into the water.