華嚴經傳記 5.34

5.34

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.