法華傳記 5.54

5.54

王珠字叔衍大原人也。宋元嘉九年。作涪陵郡令。坐遭賊失守。繫江陵府獄。箸一具大鎖。釘之極堅。珠在獄中。恒持齋誦觀世音經。一夜忽夢。已自坐高座上。有道人與其一卷經。題云光明安樂行品。并諸菩薩名。珠得便開讀。忘第一菩薩名。憶第二是觀世音。第三是大勢至。皆有國土及名號。因是眠覺便見。後鎖已解。珠知有感應。不復憂怖。因自釘治其鎖。依常著之。涉三日事非意。便散珠。元嘉十九年。見為衛府行參軍。從鎮廣陵。精進甚至矣。

Wang Zhu, courtesy name Shuyan, was a native of Taiyuan. In the ninth year of Yuanjia of the Song dynasty, he served as the magistrate of Fuling Commandery. Having been implicated when brigands overran his post, he was imprisoned in the jail of the Jiangling administration, bound with a large set of lock and shackles, nailed shut extremely tight. While in prison, Zhu constantly maintained fasting and chanted the Avalokiteśvara Sūtra. One night, he suddenly dreamed that he was sitting on a high seat, and a man of the Way gave him a scroll of a sūtra entitled "The Chapter on Radiant Peaceful Practice", along with the names of various bodhisattvas. When Zhu received it, he opened and read it. He forgot the name of the first bodhisattva, but remembered that the second was Avalokiteśvara and the third was Mahāsthāmaprāpta, all accompanied by their lands and designations. When he awoke from sleep, he saw that the rear lock had already come undone. Zhu knew there was a sympathetic resonance and was no longer worried or afraid; he then nailed and fixed his lock himself and wore it as usual. After three days, the matter unexpectedly dissolved, and Zhu was released. In the nineteenth year of Yuanjia, he was appointed as acting administrative assistant in the Guard Headquarters and accompanied the garrison to Guangling. His vigor was utmost.