[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) › 7.26 # 法華傳記 7.26 法華傳記 7.26 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.7.26) 嚴敬揚州人。家富無子息。偏歸正法。讀法華經為業。後生男子。三歲熱病眼闇。嚴教壽量品。少不能持。纔誦題目。無奈何事。遇亂屋內掘穴。與衣食而捨走。亂靜賊去三年方還。屋舍破壞。梁柱散在。下有微音。即憶知肓兒。披穴肥膚圓滿。兩眼復明。悲喜問因緣。兒曰。吾持法華壽量品題。有一人乘白象來放光。教句逗初讀一品得明。助畢一部。後更不見所去。嚴生希有念。令誦經甚通利。如多年受持。予親所聞也。 > Yan Jing was a native of Yangzhou. His family was wealthy, but he had no sons. He took refuge wholeheartedly in the true Dharma and made reciting the Lotus Sūtra his practice. Later, a boy was born to him. At the age of three, due to a febrile illness, his eyes became dark. Yan taught him the Āyuhpramāṇa Chapter, but being young, he could not uphold it; he could only recite the title. In helpless circumstances, when encountering turmoil, \[Yan\] dug a pit inside the house, gave him food and clothing, and abandoned him to flee. After the turmoil subsided and the bandits departed, he returned only after three years. The house was destroyed, with beams and pillars scattered about. From below came a faint sound, and he remembered his blind son. Clearing the pit, \[he found\] his flesh plump and complete, and both eyes had regained their sight. Weeping with joy, he asked the cause, and the son said, "I upheld the title of the Āyuhpramāṇa Chapter of the Lotus. A person riding a white elephant came, radiated light, and taught me the phrasing and punctuation; as soon as I recited the first chapter, I gained sight, and he assisted me to complete the entire sūtra. Afterwards, I did not see where he went." Yan gave rise to a thought of wonder, and had him recite the sūtra; he was extremely fluent, as if he had upheld it for many years. This was something I personally heard. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.7.25) - [Next: 7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.7.27) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068~en-mt.7.26) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.7.26) · Pramāṇa