法華傳記 7.6

7.6

唐武德中。以都水使者。蘇長為己州刺史。蘇將家口赴任。渡嘉陵江。中流風起船沒。男女六十餘人。一時溺死。唯有一妾。常讀法華經。船中水入。妾頭戴經函。誓與俱溺。既而船沒。妾獨不沈。隨波泛濫。頃之著岸。遂沈經函而出。開視其經。了無濕污。今尚存。楊州嫁為人婦。而逾篤信焉（岑令說云。見此妾自言。然臨困便至江上。船人亦云爾）。

During the Wude era of the Tang dynasty, Su Chang, the Commissioner for Waterways, was appointed Regional Inspector of his home prefecture. Su took his family and dependents to assume his post. While crossing the Jialing River, a wind arose midstream and the boat sank; over sixty men and women drowned simultaneously. There was only one concubine who constantly read the Lotus Sūtra. When water entered the boat, the concubine placed the sūtra case upon her head, vowing to drown along with it. Once the boat sank, the concubine alone did not submerge, floating upon the waves. In a short while she reached the shore, and then carried down the sūtra case and emerged. Opening it to inspect the sūtra, it was completely free of wetness or defilement. She is still alive today, married to a husband in Yangzhou, and has become all the more devout in faith. (Magistrate Cen related, "I saw this concubine speak of it herself. Moreover, when in distress by the river, the boatmen also said the same.")