弘贊法華傳 7.5

7.5

齊文成世。并州東看山側。有人堀地。得見一處土。其色黃白。與旁有異。尋見一物。狀人兩脣。其中有舌。鮮紅赤色。以事聞奏。問諸通人。無能知者。沙門大統法上奏曰。此持法華者。六根不壞報耳。誦滿千遍。其微。驗乎。乃勅中書舍人高珍曰。卿是信向之人。自往看省。必有靈異。宜遷置淨所。設齋供養。珍奉勅至彼。集諸持法華沙門。執爐潔齋。遶旋而祝曰。菩薩涅槃。年代已遠。像法流行。奉無謬者。請現感應。纔始發聲。此之脣舌。一時鼓動。雖無聲響。而相似讀誦。諸同見者。莫不毛竪。珍以狀聞。詔遣石函藏之。遷于塔室（云云）。

During the reign of Emperor Wencheng of the Qi, by the side of East Kanshan in Bingzhou, someone dug the earth and caught sight of a patch of soil whose color was yellow and white, distinct from that around it. Upon searching, he found an object shaped like two human lips, inside of which was a tongue of fresh and vivid crimson. The matter was reported to the throne, and when various learned scholars were consulted, none could explain it. Śramaṇa Grand Controller Fashang memorialized, saying, "This is the recompense of an upholder of the Lotus Sūtra whose six sense organs are undecayed. Having completed a thousand recitations, could this be its subtle verification?" An edict was then issued to high-ranking Secretariat Drafter Gao Zhen, saying, "You are a person of faith and devotion; go personally to inspect it. There will surely be miraculous signs. It should be transferred and placed in a pure location, and a vegetarian banquet should be established to make offerings." Zhen received the edict and arrived there, gathering various śramaṇas who upheld the Lotus Sūtra. Holding censers and maintaining purified fasts, they circumambulated and prayed, saying, "The Bodhisattva's nirvāṇa is far in the past; now the Semblance Dharma is in circulation. If those who revere it are without error, we pray that an efficacious response be manifested." No sooner had their voices arisen than these lips and tongue stirred and moved simultaneously; although there was no audible sound, it resembled chanting and recitation. Among all those who witnessed it, there was none whose hair did not stand on end. Zhen reported the condition to the throne, and an imperial decree was issued ordering that it be enclosed in a stone casket and moved into a stūpa chamber, and so on.