弘贊法華傳 8.28

8.28

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.