[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) › 9.39 # 神僧傳 9.39 神僧傳 9.39 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.9.39) 點點師者。不知何許人也。雖事削染恒若風狂。有命齋食者。酒肉不間。每日將夕輒市黃白麻紙筆墨寘懷袖以歸所居之室。雖有外戶且無四壁。入後闔扉人不得造。初隣僧小童躡足伺之。見秉燭箕踞陳紙筆於前訶責大書。莫曉其文字。往往咄嗟如決斷處置。久之從明闇間熟視之閃爍若有人森列。狀如曹吏。襦裳皆非世之服飾。觀者怖懼而退。詰其故怒而不答。居數歲。卭筰（音昨）之人咸神異之。後不知所終。 > Master Diandian—it is not known where he was from. Although he had shaved his head and dyed his robes, he always acted like a madman. When someone invited him to a vegetarian meal, he did not abstain from wine and meat. Every day toward dusk, he would buy yellow and white hemp paper, brushes, and ink, put them in his sleeves, and return to his room. Although it had an outer door, it had no four walls. After entering, he closed the door so that no one could approach. At first, a young novice of the neighboring monk tiptoed up to spy on him: he saw him holding a candle, sitting with legs splayed, laying out the paper and brush before him, shouting rebukes, and writing in large characters—no one could decipher his writing. He often gave abrupt sighs and shouts as if passing judgments and executing orders. After a long while, looking closely between light and darkness, \[the novice saw\] shimmering figures lined up in rows like government clerks, their tunics and skirts wholly unlike the clothing of this world. The observer retreated in terror. When questioned about the reason, he angrily refused to answer. He lived thus for several years, and the people of Qiong and Zuo all regarded him as miraculous. Later, it was not known where he ended. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.9.38) - [Next: 9.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.9.40) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064~en-mt.9.39) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.9.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.9.39) · Pramāṇa