神僧傳 4.9

4.9

香闍梨者。莫測其來。止益州青城山寺。時俗每至三月三日必往山遊賞。多將酒肉酣樂。香屢勸之不斷。後因三月又如前集。香令人穿坑方丈許。忽曰。檀越等嘗自飲噉未曾與香。今日須飡一頓。諸人爭奉殽酒。隨得隨盡若填巨壑。至晚曰。我大醉飽扶我就坑。不爾汗地。及至坑所張口大吐。雉肉自口出即能飛鳴。羊肉自口出即能馳走。酒肉亂出將欲滿坑。魚鮓鵝鴨游泳交錯。眾咸驚嗟。誓斷宰殺。自後酒肉永絕上山。此香之風德也。後因誌公寄語遂化于寺。弟子營墓將殯。怪棺大輕。及開止見几杖而已。

As for Ācārya Xiang, none knew whence he came. He stayed at a monastery on Mount Qingcheng in Yizhou. According to local custom, on the third day of the third month the people always went up the mountain on excursions, mostly bringing along wine and meat to indulge in carousing. Xiang repeatedly admonished them, but they did not cease. Later, on the third month, when they gathered as before, Xiang had people dig a pit about one zhang square. He suddenly said, "You dānapatis have always drunk and eaten by yourselves, never giving any to Xiang. Today I must have a meal!" Everyone vied to offer him meats and wine; as he received them, he consumed them all, as if filling a vast chasm. When evening came, he said, "I am thoroughly drunk and sated; help me to the pit, lest I foul the ground." Reaching the pit, he opened his mouth and vomited profusely: pheasant meat came out from his mouth and could fly and call at once; mutton came out from his mouth and could run and gallop at once. Wine and meat poured out in disorder, about to fill the pit; fish slices, geese, and ducks swam and crisscrossed one another. The assembly was all astonished and sighing, and vowed to cut off slaughtering. From then on, wine and meat were forever banned from being brought up the mountain. Such was Xiang's moral influence. Later, because Master Baozhi sent a message to him, he passed away at the monastery. When his disciples prepared a tomb and were about to inter him, they wondered at the coffin being extremely light. Upon opening it, they saw only an armrest and a staff.