弘贊法華傳 10.21

10.21

郎將吳氏。忘名。東征高麗。破馬邑城。焚燒屋宇。延及寺舍。城外望見。煙雲直上。中有一物。如白帶。高飛入雲。須臾飄墮城東草中。郎將吳君。走馬往視之。見黃書展在地上。就而觀之。乃是法花經第七卷也。於是。將至營中。夜安幕上。忽逢暴雨。明旦收之。一無霑濕。後將還京。於靜安坊李益常將軍舊宅。設齋慶喜。興善寺沙門萬相玄際。親見其經。各讀一遍。吳君。許進入內云。並為書寫。如法淨業所成。故特表殊祥。將悟群品也。

Commander Wu, whose personal name is forgotten, went on an expedition east to Goguryeo and captured the fortress of Mayi. Setting fire to the buildings, [the blaze] extended to a temple. Looking from outside the fortress, smoke and clouds rose straight up, and in their midst was an object like a white ribbon, flying high into the clouds; after a moment it fluttered down into the grass east of the fortress. Commander Wu rode his horse over to inspect it and saw yellow paper spread out on the ground; approaching to examine it, it was none other than the seventh fascicle of the Lotus Sūtra. Thereupon, he took it back to the camp and placed it atop his tent for the night. Suddenly there was a violent rainstorm, but when he took it down the next morning, it was not wet at all. Later, when he was returning to the capital, he held a celebratory vegetarian feast at the former residence of General Li Yichang in Jing'an Ward. Śramaṇas Wanxiang and Xuanji of Xingshan Monastery personally saw the sūtra and each read it once. Commander Wu promised to submit it to the inner court, saying, 'This was achieved through pure karma produced by copying in accordance with the Dharma; thus it has shown such a special omen in order to awaken all beings.'