[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) › [神僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064) › 3.34 # 神僧傳 3.34 神僧傳 3.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.3.34) 釋玄暢。姓趙氏。河西金城人。少時家門為胡虜所滅。禍將及暢。虜師見暢而止之曰。此兒目光外射非凡童也。遂獲免。仍往涼州出家。其後虐虜剪滅佛法害諸沙門。唯暢得走。以元嘉二十二年閏五月十七日發自平城。路由代郡上谷。東跨太行。路經幽冀。南轉將至孟津。唯手把一束楊枝一扼葱葉。虜騎追逐將欲及之。乃以楊枝擊沙。沙起天闇人馬不能前。有頃沙息騎已復至。於是投身河中。唯以葱葉內鼻孔中通氣度水。以八月一日達于揚州。洞曉經律深入禪要占記吉凶靡不誠驗。迄宋之季年乃飛舟遠舉。適成都止大石寺。手畫作金剛密迹等十六神像。昇明三年又遊西界觀矚岷嶺。乃於岷山郡北部廣陽縣界見齊后山。遂有終焉之志。仍倚巖傍谷結草為菴。弟子法期見神人乘馬著青單衣。繞山一匝還示造塔之處。以齊建元元年四月二十三日。建剎立寺名曰齊興。其後惠太子遣使徵迎。勅命重疊辭不獲免。於是汎舟東下。中途動疾帶恙至京。傾眾阻望。少時而卒。春秋六十有九。 > Shi Xuanchang's surname was Zhao. He was a native of Jincheng in Hexi. In his youth, his family was destroyed by the barbarian invaders, and disaster was about to reach Xuanchang. A barbarian commander saw Xuanchang, stopped them, and said, "The gaze of this boy's eyes shoots outward; he is no ordinary child." Thus he was spared. He then went to Liangzhou and renounced household life. Later, the cruel barbarians eradicated the Buddha's Dharma and harmed all the śramaṇas; only Xuanchang managed to escape. On the seventeenth day of the intercalary fifth month of the twenty-second year of Yuanjia, he departed from Pingcheng. His route went through Dai Commandery and Shanggu, crossed the Taihang Mountains to the east, passed through Youzhou and Jizhou, and turned south toward Mengjin. In his hands he held only a bunch of willow branches and a handful of onion stalks. Barbarian horsemen gave chase and were about to overtake him. Thereupon he struck the sand with the willow branches; sand rose up, darkening the sky so that men and horses could not advance. After a while the sand settled, and the horsemen arrived again. Thereupon he threw himself into the river, inserting the onion stalks into his nostrils to breathe and cross the water. On the first day of the eighth month he arrived in Yangzhou. He thoroughly understood the sūtras and vinaya, entered deeply into the essentials of dhyāna, and made prognostications of good and bad fortune, none of which failed to be verified. Reaching the final years of the Song, he took a swift boat afar, went to Chengdu, and stayed at Dashi Temple. With his own hands he painted the sixteen divine images, including Guhyapada Vajra. In the third year of Shengming, he again traveled to the western borders to view the Min range. At the border of Guangyang County in the northern part of Minshan Commandery, he saw Mount Qihou, and thereupon conceived the wish to end his days there. He then leaned against the crag beside the valley and bound grass to make a hut. His disciple Faqi saw a divine being riding a horse and wearing an unlined blue-green robe, who circled the mountain once and returned to indicate the site for building a stūpa. On the twenty-third day of the fourth month of the first year of Jianyuan of the Qi, he erected the pillar and established a monastery, naming it Qixing. Later, Crown Prince Hui sent an envoy to invite him; the imperial commands came repeatedly, and his excuses were not accepted. Thereupon he sailed east down the river. On the way he fell ill, and bearing his ailment he reached the capital. The gathered multitude had their hopes dashed, and after a short time he passed away, at the age of sixty-nine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.3.33) - [Next: 3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.3.35) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064~en-mt.3.34) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.61.14) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.3.34) · Pramāṇa