神僧傳 7.27

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明達師者。不知其所來。於閿鄉縣住萬迴故寺。往來過客皆謁明達以問休咎。明達不答。但見其旨趣而已。曾有人謁明達問曰。欲至京謁親。親安否。明達授以竹杖。至京而親亡。又有謁達者。達取寺家馬令乘之使南北馳。馳訖勒去。其人至京授採訪判官。乘驛無所不至。又有謁達者。達以所持杖畫地為堆阜。以杖撞築之。地因坑臼人不曉。至京背有發腫。割之血流迨地。李林甫為黃門侍郎。扈從西還謁達加秤於其肩。至京而作相。李雍門為湖城令。達忽請其小馬。雍門不與。間一日乘馬將出。馬忽庭中人立寺門墜馬而死。如此頗眾。達又甞當寺門北望。言曰。此川中兵馬何多。又長嘆曰。此中觸處總是軍隊。及哥舒翰擁兵潼關拒逆胡。關下閿鄉盡為戰場矣法秀。

Master Mingda: no one knew where he came from. He resided at Wanhuai's former temple in Wenxiang County. Passing travelers all visited Mingda to inquire about good and bad fortune. Mingda gave no answers, but merely revealed his intentions through signs. Once, someone visited Mingda and asked: 'I wish to go to the capital to visit my parents. Are my parents well?' Mingda handed him a bamboo staff; when he reached the capital, his parent had died. Another visited Mingda; Mingda took a temple horse, ordered him to mount it, and had him gallop south and north; when the gallop ended, he led it away. When that person reached the capital, he was appointed Surveillance Judge and rode post horses, reaching everywhere. Another visited Mingda; Mingda used the staff he held to draw a mound on the ground and pounded it with the staff, leaving a pit in the earth, which the person did not understand; upon reaching the capital, a swelling broke out on his back, and when it was lanced, blood flowed down to the ground. When Li Linfu was Vice Minister of the Chancellery, he escorted the imperial retinue returning westward and visited Mingda; Mingda placed a steelyard on his shoulder; upon reaching the capital, Li became prime minister. When Li Yongmen was magistrate of Hucheng, Mingda suddenly asked for his pony. Yongmen refused to give it. A day later, as he mounted the horse and was about to set out, the horse suddenly reared up on its hind legs in the courtyard by the temple gate, and he fell from the horse and died. Instances of this kind were very numerous. Mingda also once stood facing north at the temple gate and said: 'Why are there so many soldiers and horses in this valley?' He also sighed deeply, saying: 'Everywhere here is full of armies.' When Geshu Han amassed troops at Tong Pass to resist the rebel barbarians, Wenxiang below the pass was turned entirely into a battlefield.