神僧傳 9.17

9.17

釋契此者。不詳氏族。或云四明人。形裁腲（乃罪切）脮（烏罪切）蹙額皤腹。言語無恒寢臥隨處。常以杖荷布囊入鄽。市肆見物則乞。至於醯醬魚𦵔纔接入口。分少許入囊。號為長汀子布袋師也。曾於雪中臥而身上無雪。人以此奇之。又甞就人乞啜。其店則物售。袋囊中皆百一供身具也。示人吉凶必現相表兆。亢陽即曳高齒木屐市橋上豎膝而眠。水潦則係濕草屨。人以此驗知。以天復中終于奉川鄉。邑人共埋之。後有他州見此僧。亦荷布袋行。江浙之間多畫其像焉。

Śramaṇa Qici's family name and origin are unknown; some say he was from Siming. In appearance he was corpulent and scruffy, with a furrowed brow and a potbelly. His speech was erratic, and he slept wherever he lay. He always carried a cloth sack on a staff into markets and bazaars. Seeing goods, he would beg for them, and whether fermented sauces, fish, or dried meat, as soon as it touched his mouth, he would put a little into his sack. He was called the Cloth Sack Master, Changtingzi. He once lay down in the snow, yet there was no snow on his body, at which people marvelled. Also, whenever he begged a sip of something from someone, goods in that shop would sell out. Inside his sack were all manner of personal requisites. When revealing good or bad fortune to people, he always manifested omens: in severe drought he would drag high-toothed wooden clogs and sleep on a market bridge with knees drawn up; in heavy rains he would wear wet straw sandals. By this people tested and knew [the weather]. In the Tianfu era he passed away in Fengchuan township. The local people buried him together. Later, in other prefectures, people saw this monk again, walking along, still carrying a cloth sack. Between the Jiang and Zhe regions, many painted his portrait.