華嚴經傳記 5.34

5.34

隋州司法狄仁[王*萑]事。調露二年。高宗將封嵩嶽諸州宰牧。各以六科舉人。隋州刺史臨真公。守節舉送。東都榱寄主人。宿於賣藥之室。夜夢有人引行遊觀入一大室。莫知邊際。仰視但見渏井垂蓮。圓泉䨱海。金花方鏡。殊勝莊嚴。幡上皆有諸佛菩薩形像。聞空中有聲曰。此是花嚴道場也。覺後慶懌兼倍。願造大幡。如夢所見。還至隋州。乃訪畫工。將事修造時。有安州范君及王生二人。來共圖畫。於興圓寺佛殿中。藻繪成就。長百餘尺。所用丹青。皆香水清潔。遂感一瑞鵲。每日飛來。馴擾畫處。曾無驚惕。凡經旬半後。欻不見。咸以為畫士清淨至誠之所致。

The matter of Di Renwei, Judicial Administrator of Suizhou: In the second year of Tiaolu, Emperor Gaozong was about to conduct the Feng sacrifice on Mount Song, and the prefects and governors of the various prefectures each recommended candidates according to the six categories. The Prefect of Suizhou, the Duke of Linzhen, uprightly recommended and dispatched him. Staying in the Eastern Capital at an inn, he lodged in the room of a medicine-seller. At night he dreamed that someone led him on a tour into a great chamber whose boundaries were unknown. Looking upward, he saw only rippling caissons with drooping lotuses, rounded springs covering an ocean, and golden flowers with square mirrors, wonderfully adorned. On the banners were images of all the Buddhas and bodhisattvas. He heard a voice in the void saying: 'This is the Avataṃsaka bodhimaṇḍa.' After waking, his joy was doubled, and he vowed to make a great banner like what he had seen in his dream. Upon returning to Suizhou, he sought out painters to undertake the crafting; at that time, there were two men, Mr. Fan and Scholar Wang of Anzhou, who came together to paint it. In the Buddha hall of Xingyuansi, the fine painting was completed, over a hundred feet in length. The mineral pigments used were all cleansed with fragrant water. Thereupon an auspicious magpie was moved to fly down every day, tamely wandering about the painting site without the slightest fear. After a period of about ten days, it suddenly vanished. Everyone considered this to have been brought about by the purity and utmost sincerity of the painters.