[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) › 7.70 # 法華傳記 7.70 法華傳記 7.70 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.7.70) 唐溜州李健安。生年十八。身痛風疾。二親憂惱飲食不通。健安見而增悲。作此思惟。吾將為二親及脫患。自寫法華。即求裝潢紙。欲寫經手振不能書之。纔造第一卷。顯然其字形如鳥跡。見者不了其文。更雇他經生。於別室中。而書寫之。未畢第一卷間。健安既死。唯心胸暖。經生捨而遁去一日一夜。後方蘇息。風疾忽愈。身體輕安。自說冥事曰。吾初死之時。見官牒使。被縛到大城邊而立。時有一童子。手執白拂。來摩觸吾身。身涼快樂安懷。爾時從城中一官出來。百千官屬隨從。對吾禮敬曰。君名字在官牒中。君故殺一鼠。縛頸不通氣息。以是因緣故。王召君。然君為二親造法華題。依此善根。文殊來救舊疾方除。君經尚不畢第一卷。經生恐怖而遁去。君既有大善。餘命方八十二。親亦延報命。各各九十歲。作是語已入城。童子更示歸途得再活。聞者歎希有。健安及二親。捨家業造十部法華。請僧供養。其經本今收大寺矣。 > Li Jian’an of Liuzhou under the Tang was eighteen years old when he suffered from severe wind-pain illness; his two parents were so distressed that they could neither eat nor drink. Jian’an saw this and his sorrow increased. He reflected: “I shall free my two parents and myself from affliction by copying the Lotus Sūtra myself.” He thereupon sought mounting paper and wished to copy the sūtra, but his hand trembled and he was unable to write. Barely having produced the first fascicle, its character forms were clearly like bird tracks, so that anyone who looked could not understand the text. He then hired another scribe to copy it in a separate room. Before the first fascicle was finished, Jian’an died, with only his chest remaining warm. The scribe abandoned him and fled. After a day and a night, he revived, his wind illness suddenly cured and his body light and at ease. He recounted the events of the underworld himself, saying: “When I first died, I saw an official messenger with a dispatch; I was bound and brought to stand beside a great city. At that time there was a youth holding a white fly-whisk in his hand who came and touched my body. My body felt cool, joyful, and peaceful. Then an official came out from the city, followed by hundreds of thousands of official attendants, and paying homage to me, said: ‘Sir, your name was in the official dispatch. You deliberately killed a rat by binding its neck so that its breath could not pass; on account of this cause and condition, the King summoned you. However, you wrote the title of the Lotus Sūtra for your two parents, and relying on this root of wholesome goodness, Mañjuśrī has come to rescue you and your old illness is now eradicated. Your sūtra has not even finished the first fascicle, and the scribe fled in terror. Since you have such great goodness, your remaining lifespan will be eighty-two years, and your parents’ retribution lifetimes will also be extended, each to ninety years.’ Having spoken thus, he entered the city. The youth showed me the way back, and I was able to live again.” Those who heard of it sighed at its rarity. Jian’an and his two parents gave up their family property to produce ten sets of the Lotus Sūtra and invited monks to receive offerings. Those copies of the sūtra are now preserved in the Great Monastery. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.7.69) - [Next: 7.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.7.71) - [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.7.70) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.7.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.7.70) · Pramāṇa