弘贊法華傳 8.13

8.13

釋道瓊。俗姓張氏。不知何許人也。貞觀六七年中。住金陵棲玄寺。無他行業。唯誦法華一部。兼聲韻清雅。人所樂聞。與一沙門字法敏。同房居止。瓊於後夜。端坐誦經。敏在床側。裸體而臥。身甚休強。先來無患。忽從床上。自檏仆地床。如人力牽掣打棒。求哀乞恩。如是非一。道瓊初見忙懼。失聲唱叫。合寺驚走。謂是大蟲。須臾見瓊相報。始共觀候。槌檏猶自未已。經一日後。漸得安定。乃失本心。問其所由。答云。見有神鬼瞋責。為露體仰臥。不敬經典（云云）。

Śramaṇa Daoqiong, secular surname Zhang, was of unknown origin. During the sixth and seventh years of the Zhenguan era (632–633), he resided at Qixuan Temple in Jinling. He had no other practice, reciting only the complete Lotus Sūtra; his voice was clear and refined, and people took delight in hearing it. He shared a room with a śramaṇa whose style name was Famin. During the latter part of the night, Qiong sat upright reciting the sūtra. Min lay naked on the couch beside him; his body was very robust and strong, and he had never had any ailments. Suddenly, he fell from the couch to the floor, beaten and struck as if by the strength of human hands with rods and clubs, pleading for mercy and begging for grace, repeatedly doing so. When Daoqiong first saw this, he was panic-stricken and cried out loudly; the whole temple ran in alarm, thinking it was a tiger. In a moment, seeing Qiong report the situation, they began watching over Min together; the beatings and strikes had still not ceased. After a day, he gradually became calm, yet lost his original mind. When asked about the reason, he answered that he saw spirits and ghosts reprimanding him angrily for lying exposed on his back in disrespect toward the scripture, and so forth.