[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) › [法華傳記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068) › 5.30 # 法華傳記 5.30 法華傳記 5.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.5.30) 仲珪者天性孝悌。為州里所敬。年十七群表尤異。為蒙陽長。父廉自資陽都。遂以老歸。武德中遇病。仲珪不釋冠帶而養。久之父卒。謝遣妻妾。閭于墓右。尤信佛教。誦法華經。晝則負土成墳。夜專誦經。精誠不倦。終三年不歸。甞有一虎。夜至廬前。蹲踞聽經。久之而不去。珪正念曰。不願猛獸之相逼也。虎即起去。明旦見繞墓生芝草七十二莖。當墳前者。行列次第如人種殖。皆朱莖紫蓋。蓋經五寸。光色異常。隣里以告州縣。時爭君昌為刺史說裕為別駕。共至墓所察之。忽有一鳥。如鴨𮕣雙鯉魚。各長一尺許。飛來集君昌前。魚置於地而去。君昌等尤深嗟歎。採芝對奏。詔表門閭（仲珪弟孝隋為大理主簿為臨說。更閭州人亦同云爾）。 > Zhonggui was by nature filial and fraternal, and was respected in his home commandery. At the age of seventeen his deportment was especially outstanding, and he served as Magistrate of Mengyang. His father, Lian, took up residence in Ziyang, and subsequently retired due to old age. During the Wude era, his father fell ill; Zhonggui did not take off his cap and belt while nursing him. After a long time his father passed away. Sending away his wife and concubines, he built a hut beside the grave. He had deep faith in the Buddha's teachings and recited the Lotus Sūtra. By day he carried earth to raise the burial mound, and by night he devoted himself to reciting the sūtra, unwearied in his sincere devotion. For three whole years he did not return home. Once, a tiger came before his hut at night and crouched down to listen to the sūtra, remaining there for a long time without departing. Gui held a proper mindfulness, saying: "I do not wish for wild beasts to press close." The tiger thereupon arose and departed. The next morning, seventy-two stalks of lingzhi mushrooms were found growing around the tomb. Those facing the front of the mound stood in neat rows as if planted by human hands; all had scarlet stems and purple caps, with caps five inches across, exhibiting an extraordinary radiance and color. The neighbors reported this to the prefecture and county. At that time, Zheng Junchang was the Inspector and Shuo Yu was the Vice-Governor; they went together to the grave site to inspect it. Suddenly a bird, resembling a duck, flew over clutching a pair of carp, each about a foot long. It landed before Junchang, laid the fish on the ground, and flew away. Junchang and the others sighed in profound admiration. Gathering the lingzhi, they presented a memorial to the throne, and an imperial decree was issued to confer honors upon his village gate. (Zhonggui's younger brother Xiaosui, who was an Assistant Minister of the Court of Judicature and Revision, recounted this in person. People of Lüzhou also said the same thing.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.5.29) - [Next: 5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.5.31) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068~en-mt.5.30) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [冥報記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.2.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.5.30) · Pramāṇa