[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) › 8.28 # 弘贊法華傳 8.28 弘贊法華傳 8.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.28) 左肅機崔義起。有一突厥侍女。素不識文。於麟德年中病死。經夜。見一梵僧。突厥求哀。僧以錫杖扣其頂。教誦法華經一部。言作梵音。比明乃穌。自陳其事。家人不信。告義起。起試之。突厥便誦經如流。即請西域梵僧來。聽侍女所誦之經。自首至尾。言音通正。一字不遺。時以奏聞。上云。冥道如此。豈得不信。當時朝臣。無不知者。 > Cui Yiqi, the Left Director of the Secretariat (Zuo Suji), had a Turkic (Tujue) maidservant who was originally illiterate. During the Linde era (664–665), she fell ill and died. After a night, she saw an Indian monk. The Turkic maidservant begged for mercy. The monk tapped her crown with his monk's staff and taught her to recite the complete Lotus Sūtra, uttering it in Sanskrit sounds. By dawn she revived and recounted the matter herself. Her family did not believe her and informed Yiqi. Yiqi tested her, and the maidservant recited the sūtra fluently like flowing water. He immediately invited an Indian monk from the Western Regions to come and listen to the sūtra recited by the maidservant. From beginning to end, the pronunciation was correct and accurate, without omitting a single word. At the time, this was reported to the throne. The Emperor said, 'If the nether paths are like this, how could one not believe?' At that time, none among the court officials did not know of it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.27) - [Next: 8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.29) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067~en-mt.8.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.28) · Pramāṇa