[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) › [弘贊法華傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067) › 7.23 # 弘贊法華傳 7.23 弘贊法華傳 7.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.7.23) 釋慧偕。俗姓劉。海陵人也。年九歲出家。事江都郡長樂寺盈法師。為弟子。年至十七。方誦法華。十八。師便遷化。唯餘第四卷見寶塔品。已後未過。年二十二。遂染時患。當時困篤。唯一心念觀世音勢至。及所誦經。請救免厄。忽夢有人。來追慧偕。及同寺智達。將去。經涉山嶮。履踐蓽蕕。俄頃到一處。如今府寺。行牆屋宇房廊宛然。兵衛森列。執持器仗。入門望見。一人戴烏紗帽。身著白衣。甚好鬢面。在廳上坐云。是閻羅王。傍無侍衛。此追攝人。送文書。舒王前案上。王即判偕等二人。取為左右。偕訴云。願誦法華經。餘半卷未度。及功德未了。所以不愜。王又判放偕。遙見放字分明。王即喚向所追慧偕人來脫衣。復喚得一人。頭有角形。狀如今鬼卒。手捉長鞭。撻此人。偕便驚覺。喚觀世音彌勒。斯須臾。乃見一梵僧。手把楊枝。復有一俗人。如今維摩詰像。手擎銅娑羅水。此僧。即持楊枝拂偕。取水賜漱。問。病得幾日。偕答。五日。僧云。六日當差。至明朝。即鼻中瀉血。便即解醒。偕病差後。經停少時。知達染患。首尾七日。便即命過。偕平復如故。已後罄捨身資。造彌陀觀音勢至等像。又造法華思蓋等雜經。二十餘部。至大業十二年。偕年四十三。後不知所終。 > Shi Huixie, whose secular surname was Liu, was a native of Hailing. He left home at the age of nine, serving Dharma Master Ying of Changle Temple in Jiangdu Commandery as his disciple. When he reached the age of seventeen, he began to recite the Lotus Sūtra. When he was eighteen, his master passed away; only the portion following the "Apparition of the Jewel Stūpa" Chapter in the fourth roll remained unmastered. At the age of twenty-two, he contracted an epidemic illness. Desperately ill at the time, he single-mindedly concentrated on Avalokiteśvara and Mahāsthāmaprāpta, as well as the sūtra he recited, praying for rescue from distress. Suddenly he dreamed that someone came to summon him and Zhida of the same temple, leading them away. They traversed steep mountains and trod through thorns and weeds, arriving shortly at a place like a modern government office. Courtyard walls, chambers, and corridors were complete and distinct, with ranks of heavily armed guards holding weapons. Entering the gate and looking ahead, he saw a person wearing a black silk cap and white robes, with a very fine beard and face, seated in the hall; it was said to be King Yama. There were no guards at his side. The summoner presented the documents, unfolding them on the desk before the king. The king immediately judged that the two of them, Xie and his companion, should be taken as personal attendants. Xie pleaded, "I vow to recite the Lotus Sūtra, but half a roll remains untraversed, and my merit is not yet complete; therefore my heart is not at ease." The king then made a judgment releasing Xie; looking from afar, the character "Release" was clearly visible. The king immediately called the one who had brought Huixie to come and strip off his clothes; he also summoned a person with horns on his head, resembling a ghost-soldier of today, holding a long whip, to flog this summoner. Xie then awoke with a start, calling upon Avalokiteśvara and Maitreya. In an instant, he saw an Indian monk holding a willow branch in his hand, and there was also a layman resembling a modern statue of Vimalakīrti, holding a bronze bowl of water with both hands. This monk brushed Xie with the willow branch, took water, and gave it to him to rinse his mouth, asking, "How many days have you been ill?" Xie replied, "Five days." The monk said, "On the sixth day you will surely recover." By the next morning, blood flowed from his nose, and he was completely sobered and revived. Shortly after Xie recovered from his illness, Zhida contracted the ailment, and within seven days, from beginning to end, he passed away. Xie was fully restored as before. Thereafter, he gave up all his bodily possessions to make images of Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, and Mahāsthāmaprāpta, and also copied more than twenty sūtras, including the Lotus Sūtra and the Sigālovāda Sūtra. By the twelfth year of the Daye reign era (616 CE), Xie was forty-three years old; his end was subsequently unknown. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.7.22) - [Next: 7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.7.24) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067~en-mt.7.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.7.23) · Pramāṇa