法華傳記 4.40

4.40

齊武成世。并州東看山側。有人掘地。見一處土。其色黃白。與傍有異。尋見一物狀。如人兩脣。其中有舌。鮮紅赤色。以事聞奉帝問諸道人。無能知者。沙門大統法上奏曰。此持法華者。六根不壞報耳。誦滿千遍徵驗乎。及勅中書舍人高珍曰。卿是信向之人。自往看之。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。遶旋而呪曰。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。雖無響及而相似讀誦。諸同見者。莫不毛竪。珍以狀聞。詔遣石函藏之遷于山室云。

During the reign of Emperor Wucheng of the Northern Qi, on the eastern side of Kanshan in Bingzhou, someone digging the earth found a patch of soil that was yellowish-white in color, different from the surroundings. Upon searching, he found an object shaped like two human lips, inside of which was a tongue, fresh and crimson red. When this matter was reported, the Emperor inquired among all the monks, but none could explain it. The Great Controller of Śramaṇas, Fashang, memorialized: 'This is the retribution of the non-decay of the six sense faculties of one who upholds the Lotus Sūtra. Could it be a miraculous verification of completing one thousand recitations?' The Emperor then decreed to the Secretariat Drafter Gao Zhen: 'You are a person of sincere faith; go yourself and look at it. There will surely be a numinous marvel. It is fitting to move and place it in a pure site, hold a vegetarian feast, and make offerings.' Receiving the decree, Zhen went there, gathered śramaṇas who upheld the Lotus Sūtra, held an incense burner, kept the pure fast, circled around, and incanted: 'The Bodhisattva's parinirvāṇa has been distant in time. As the Semblance Dharma is current, for those who uphold it without error, please manifest a sympathetic response!' Just as his voice began to sound, these lips and tongue stirred and moved together at once; although no sound was produced, it was just like chanting and reading. All those who witnessed it together had their hair stand on end. Zhen reported the condition to the throne. An edict was issued to send a stone casket to store it and transfer it to a mountain chamber, so it is said.