神僧傳 5.36

5.36

釋明恭。住鄭州會善寺。其力若神。甞山行見虎猪交鬪猪漸不如。恭語虎曰。可放令去虎不肯。恭以一手捉頭一手撮尾。擲之山下。又以僧衣置磉下。僧怪之。恭笑為捧柱取衣。大業末賊起抄掠。令其寺辦數十人大猪食具。恭延賊食賊讓恭先。恭乃鋪餅數十安猪啖之。須臾食盡賊眾驚伏。恭召為護寺檀越。群賊許之。故隋唐交軍。其境絕賊往來。恭之力也。

Shi Minggong resided at Huishan Temple in Zhengzhou. His strength was like that of a spirit. Once, while walking in the mountains, he saw a tiger and a pig fighting; the pig was gradually succumbing. Gong said to the tiger, "You may release it and let it go." The tiger refused. Gong seized its head with one hand, grabbed its tail with the other, and hurled it down the mountain. Furthermore, he placed a monastic robe under a pillar base-stone. The monks wondered at this; Gong laughed, lifted the pillar for them, and retrieved the robe. Toward the end of the Daye era, bandits arose and engaged in plunder. They ordered the temple to prepare utensils and several tens of large pigs for food. Gong invited the bandits to eat, but the bandits deferred to Gong to eat first. Gong then spread out several tens of flatbreads, placed the pigs inside, and ate them; in an instant, he had consumed them all. The bandit crowd was astonished and awed. Gong summoned them to become dānapatis protecting the temple, and the bandits agreed. Therefore, when the Sui and Tang armies clashed, bandits completely ceased traveling through that area, which was due to Gong's power.