法華傳記 8.16

8.16

如此六十四佛。次第而現說偈亦爾。爾時地獄火滅。變為涼池。我及眾生。捨身生第四天。天上法爾。初三事即知。汝造題目六十四字。一一之字。現化佛身。說偈救苦。我與汝身。一肉血分。依我一人善緣。地獄罪人聞偈離苦。同生一處。今圍繞者是也。汝捨先邪惡。書寫佛經。以為家業。復此因緣隱而不見。龍夢覺。流淚悔過。具白司馬。聞者歡喜。皆謂不意而造題尚爾。況乎若自書。若教人書。是人所得功德。無有限量。龍家書業。相傳至于今矣。州內或每字禮供。而每日書。或行別讚詠。而每日寫者蓋多（云云新錄）。

"In this way, sixty-four Buddhas appeared in succession, speaking the verse likewise. At that time, the fires of the hells were extinguished and transformed into cool pools. Sentient beings and I cast off our bodies and were born into the fourth heaven. By the nature of the heavens, upon first [arriving], three things are immediately known: the sixty-four characters of the title you wrote each manifested the body of an emanation Buddha, speaking verses to rescue us from suffering. You and I share the same flesh and blood; relying on the wholesome condition of my single [son], the sinful persons of the hells heard the verses, were freed from suffering, and were born together in one place. Those now surrounding me are they. You must abandon the former evil and copy Buddhist scriptures as your family's profession." After [explaining] these causes and conditions, he vanished and was seen no more. Long awoke from the dream, shed tears, repented his faults, and fully reported it to the marshal. Those who heard it rejoiced, all remarking that if merely writing the title unintentionally was still like this, how much more so if one copies it oneself or teaches others to copy it—the merit obtained by such a person would be limitless! The Long family's profession of calligraphy has been handed down to this day. Within the prefecture, those who make obeisance and offerings at each character and copy it daily, or those who chant praises at each line and transcribe it daily, are exceedingly numerous. (And so on; New Record.)