法華傳記 8.10

8.10

貞觀五年。有隆州巴西縣令孤元軌者。信敬佛法。欲書寫法華金剛般若涅槃等。無由自撿。憑彼上抗禪師撿挍。抗乃為在寺。如法潔淨寫了。下袟還岐州莊所。經留在莊。并老子五千文同在一處。忽為外火延燒。堂是草覆。一時灰蕩。軌于時任馮翊縣令。家人相命撥灰。取金銅經。軸既撥外灰。其內諸經。宛然如故。潢色不改。唯箱帙成炭。又覓老子。便從火化。乃收取諸經。鄉村嗟異。其金剛般若一卷題字燋黑。訪問所由。乃初題經時。有州官能書。其人雜食行急不護潔淨。直爾立題便去。由是被焚。其人現在。瑞經亦存京師。西明寺主神察自驗說之（右緣出三寶感通記）。

In the fifth year of Zhenguan, there was Linghu Yuangui, the magistrate of Baxi County in Longzhou, who faithfully revered the Buddha-Dharma and wished to copy the Lotus [Sūtra], the Diamond Prajñā, the Nirvāṇa, and other sūtras. Having no way to supervise it himself, he relied on Dhyāna Master Shangkang of that place to oversee it. Kang had it copied for him in the monastery cleanly and in accord with the Dharma. When it was finished, he wrapped it in a wrapper and returned to the estate in Qizhou, leaving the sūtras at the estate together in one place with Laozi's five thousand characters. Suddenly an external fire spread and burned [it]; the hall was thatched with grass, and in an instant it was swept to ashes. At that time, Gui was serving as the magistrate of Fengyi County. The family members instructed one another to stir the ashes and retrieve the gold and bronze sūtra rollers. Having brushed aside the outer ashes, the various sūtras inside were completely intact as before, the dyed colour unchanged, only the box and wrapper having turned to charcoal. When they looked for the Laozi, it had been reduced to ashes by the fire. They then gathered the sūtras, and the villagers sighed in wonder. Only the title characters of one roll of the Diamond Prajñā were scorched black. When they inquired into the reason, [they learned that] when the sūtra was first titled, there was an official of the prefecture who was skilled in calligraphy; that man ate unclean food and was in a hurry, not observing cleanliness, and simply wrote the title standing up and left. Because of this, it was burned. That man is still alive, and the auspicious sūtras are also preserved in the capital. Shencha, the abbot of Ximing Monastery, personally verified this and spoke of it. (The above account is from the Sanbao gantong ji.)