[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) › 4.4 # 神僧傳 4.4 神僧傳 4.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.4.4) 沙門邵碩。康居國人。與誌公最善。出入經行不問夜旦。意欲求之則去。遊益州以滑稽言事能發人懽笑。因勸以善。家家喜之。至人家眠地者。家必有死。就人求細席者必有小兒亡。時咸以此為讖。至四月八日成都行化。碩於眾中作師子形。爾日郫縣亦言見碩作師子形。乃悟分其身也。刺史蕭慧開及劉孟明。皆挹事之。孟明以男子衣衣二妾。試碩云。以此二人給公為左右可乎。碩為人好韻語。乃謂明曰。寧自乞食以清讌不能與阿夫竟殘年。後忽著布帽詣明。少時明卒。先是孟明長史沈仲玉改鞭杖之格嚴重常科。碩謂玉曰。天地嗷嗷從此起。若除鞭格得刺史。玉除之。及明卒仲玉果行州事。是年九月將亡。謂沙門法進曰。願露骸松下然脚須著屐。進諾之。已而化。舁其尸露之。明日往視失所在。俄有自郫縣來者曰。昨見碩公著一屐行市中。曰為我語進公。小兒見欺止為我隻屐。進驚問之沙彌。答曰。舁尸時一屐墮。行急不及繫也法願。 > The śramaṇa Shao Shuo was a native of the country of Kangju. He was on the best of terms with Master Baozhi. Entering and leaving, walking and wandering, he paid no heed to night or day; when he wished to seek something, he would go. He traveled to Yizhou, and by using comical words to speak of matters, he could make people laugh with delight, using this to encourage them to do good. Every household was pleased with him. When he went to someone's house and slept on the ground, that household would surely have a death. When he asked someone for a fine mat, a young child would surely pass away. At the time, everyone took these as omens. On the eighth day of the fourth month, during the religious procession in Chengdu, Shuo assumed the form of a lion among the crowd. That day, Pi County also reported seeing Shuo assume the form of a lion, whereupon people realized he had divided his body. Regional Inspector Xiao Huikai and Liu Mengming both revered and served him. Mengming dressed two concubines in men's clothes to test Shuo, saying, "May I give these two persons to you as attendants, venerable sir?" Shuo was fond of speaking in rhyme, so he said to Ming, "Better to beg for food oneself to feast in purity, / Than spend my remaining years together with a husband!" Later he suddenly wore a cloth hat and visited Ming; a short while later, Ming died. Prior to this, Mengming's Aide-de-camp Shen Zhongyu had revised the regulations on flogging, making ordinary statutes severe. Shuo said to Yu, "The clamor of heaven and earth arises from this! If you abolish the flogging regulations, you will become Regional Inspector." Yu abolished them; when Ming died, Zhongyu indeed took charge of provincial affairs. In the ninth month of that year, when about to die, Shuo said to the śramaṇa Fajin, "I wish to have my corpse exposed beneath a pine tree, but my feet must wear clogs." Jin gave his assent. Soon after, Shuo passed away. They carried his corpse and exposed it; the next day, when they went to look, its whereabouts were lost. Soon someone came from Pi County, saying, "Yesterday I saw Master Shuo wearing a single clog walking in the marketplace. He said, 'Tell Master Jin for me: the young boys have cheated me, providing me with only one clog.'" Jin asked the novice monks in surprise, and they replied, "When carrying the corpse, one clog fell off; we were in such a hurry that we had no time to tie it on." Fayuan. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.4.3) - [Next: 4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.4.5) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064~en-mt.4.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.8.65) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.4.4) · Pramāṇa