[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) › 8.48 # 神僧傳 8.48 神僧傳 8.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.8.48) 僧惟瑛。未詳何許人。善聲色兼知術數。士人陸賓虞舉進士。在京與之往來。惟瑛每言小事無不必驗。至寶曆二年春賓虞欲罷舉歸吳。告惟瑛以行計。瑛留止一宿。明旦謂賓虞曰。君來歲成名不必歸矣。但取京兆薦送必在高等。賓虞曰。某曾三就京兆未始得事。今歲之事尤覺甚難。瑛曰。不然。君之成名必以京兆薦送。他處不可也。至七月六日若食水族則殊等與及第必矣。賓虞乃書於晉昌里之牗。日省之。數月後因於靖恭北門。候一郎官。適遇朝客。遂迴憩於從孫聞禮之舍。既入聞禮喜迎曰。向有人惠雙鯉魚。方欲候翁而烹之。賓虞素嗜魚。但令作羹。至者輒盡。後日因視牗間所書字則七月六日也。遽命駕詣惟瑛。且紿之曰。將遊蒲關故以訪別。瑛笑曰。水族已食矣。遊蒲關何為。賓虞深信之。因取薦京兆府。果得殊等。明年入省試畢。又訪惟瑛。瑛曰。君已登第名籍不甚高。當在十五人之外。狀元姓李名合曳脚。時有廣文生朱俅者。時議當及第。監司所送名未登科。賓虞因問。其非姓朱乎。瑛曰。三十三人無姓朱者。時正月二十四日。賓虞言於從符。符與石賀書壁。後月餘放牓。狀頭李郃。賓虞名在十六。即三十人也。惟瑛又謂賓虞曰。君成名後當食祿於吳越之分。有一事甚速疾。賓虞後從事於越。半年而暴終。 > The monk Weiying's origins are not clearly known. He was skilled in judging character by voice and appearance, and also understood mantic arts. The literatus Lu Binyu sat for the jinshi examination and interacted with him in the capital. Whatever small matter Weiying spoke of was always verified. In the spring of the second year of Baoli, Binyu intended to give up on the examination and return to Wu, informing Weiying of his plans for departure. Ying detained him for a night. The next morning, he said to Binyu, "Next year your name will be made; you need not return. Just seek recommendation and sponsorship from Jingzhao, and you will surely be in the highest tier." Binyu said, "I have three times sought recommendation from Jingzhao and never once succeeded. This year's matter seems especially difficult." Ying said, "Not so. For your name to be established, you must be recommended by Jingzhao; nowhere else will do. If on the sixth day of the seventh month you eat aquatic creatures, the special tier and passing the examination will be certain." Binyu then wrote this on the window of his house in Jinchang Ward, examining it daily. Several months later, waiting for an official outside the north gate of Jinggong Ward, he happened to meet an imperial court guest, so he turned back to rest at the lodge of his grand-nephew Wenli. When he entered, Wenli welcomed him joyfully, saying, "Earlier, someone gave me a pair of carps. I was just waiting for you, sir, to cook them." Binyu was fond of fish by nature, and simply ordered a soup to be made, consuming all of it when it arrived. A later day, on looking at the characters written on his window frame, he realized it was indeed the sixth day of the seventh month. He hurriedly ordered his carriage to visit Weiying, and said deceitfully, "I am going to travel to Puguan, and have therefore come to bid farewell." Ying laughed and said, "You have already eaten the aquatic creatures; why travel to Puguan?" Binyu believed him deeply. He thereupon sought recommendation from the Jingzhao Superior Prefecture and indeed attained the special tier. The next year, after finishing the examination at the Department of State Affairs, he visited Weiying again. Ying said, "You have already passed, but your rank on the roster is not very high; you will be outside the top fifteen. The top graduate is named Li He, who drags his feet." At that time, there was a student of the Imperial Academy named Zhu Qiu, whom contemporary opinion held would pass, but whose name, submitted by the supervisors, did not appear on the roster of passes. Binyu then asked, "Is there no one with the surname Zhu?" Ying said, "Among the thirty-three people, there is none with the surname Zhu." At that time, it was the twenty-fourth day of the first month. Binyu told this to Congfu, and Fu and Shi He wrote it on the wall. More than a month later, the roster was released. The top graduate was Li He. Binyu's name was sixteenth, and there were indeed thirty-three people. Weiying also said to Binyu, "After your name is established, you will receive an official salary in the region of Wu and Yue. There is an affair that will happen very swiftly." Binyu later served as a retainer in Yue, and died suddenly after half a year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.8.47) - [Next: 8.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.8.49) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064~en-mt.8.48) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.8.48) · Pramāṇa