宋高僧傳 25.30

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釋惟恭，不詳何許人也。少孺出俗于法性寺，好尚偪下，多狎非法之友。雖乖僧行，猶勤持誦《金剛般若》，罕離脣齒。酒徒博侶，交集門庭，虛誑云為，曾無廉恥。後遇病且死。同寺有靈巋，其跡相類，號為一寺二害也。巋偶出，去寺一里所，逢六七人少年甚都，衣服鮮潔，各執樂器如龜茲部，問靈巋曰：「惟恭上人何在？」巋即語其處，疑其寺行香樂佛也。及曉，迴入寺，聞鐘聲，云「恭卒」。所見者乃天樂耳。蓋承經力，必生淨剎，亦以其跡勉靈巋也。巋感悟折節，緇門崇重，終成高邁焉。

Śramaṇa Weigong: it is not clear where he was from. Leaving the secular world while young at Faxing Temple, his tastes were vulgar and lowly, and he mostly consorted with unprincipled companions. Although he fell short in monastic conduct, he was still diligent in upholding and reciting the Vajracchedikā-prajñāpāramitā, rarely letting it leave his lips. Drinkers and gamblers gathered at his gate, and in his deceitful words and deeds he showed no sense of shame. Later he fell ill and was about to die. In the same temple was Lingkui, whose conduct was similar; they were called the 'two pests of the temple.' Kui happened to go out, and about one li from the temple, he met six or seven youths who were exceptionally handsome, wearing clean, fresh garments and holding musical instruments like those of a Kucha troupe. They asked Lingkui, 'Where is the Venerable Weigong?' Kui told them where he was, suspecting that they were going to the temple to offer incense and play music for the Buddha. At dawn, when he returned to the temple, he heard the bell tolling and someone said, 'Gong has passed away.' What he had seen was in fact heavenly music. Borne by the scripture's power, [Weigong] was surely born in a pure land, and this manifestation was also meant to encourage Lingkui. Kui was awakened and reformed his conduct, came to be revered by the monastic community, and ultimately attained high loftiness.