[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) › [冥報記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082) › 2.5 # 冥報記 2.5 冥報記 2.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.2.5) 臨印韋仲珪者。天性孝悌。為州里所敬。年十七。郡表左異為蒙陽長。父廉目資陽郡丞。以老歸。武德中。遘病。仲珪不釋冠帶而養。久之父卒。謝遣妻妾。守干墓左。信佛教。誦法華經。晝則負土成境。夜專誦經典。精此氏不倦。終三年不歸。甞有虎夜至牆前。蹲踞聽經。久而不去。仲珪正念曰。不願猛獸之相通也。即起去。明旦見繞墓。生芝草七十二莖。當墳前者。行次第如人種植。皆朱莖紫蓋。蓋徑五寸。光色異常。隣里以告州縣。時辛君為刺史。沈裕為別駕。共至墓所察之。忽有一鳥如鴨。銜雙鯉。置於地而去。君昌等。尤深嗟歎。採芝封奏。詔表門閭（臨以貞觀七年奉使江東。楊州針醫甄陀。為臨說此）。 > Wei Zhonggui of Linyi was by nature filial and fraternal, and was respected by the prefecture and village. At the age of seventeen, the commandery recommended him as exceptionally distinguished, and he became the Magistrate of Mengyang. His father, Lian, was formerly the Vice Magistrate of Ziyang Commandery, who retired due to old age. During the Wude era, he fell ill; Zhonggui nursed him without removing his cap and sash. After a long time, his father died. He dismissed his wives and concubines and kept vigil beside the tomb. Believing in Buddhism, he recited the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra. By day, he carried earth to form a boundary mound; by night, he devoted himself to reciting the sūtra, diligent in this without weariness, not returning home for the full three years. Once, a tiger came before the wall at night and crouched down to listen to the sūtra, staying long without leaving. Zhonggui focused his mind and thought, “I do not wish to commune with fierce beasts.” It then got up and left. The next morning, he saw seventy-two stems of lingzhi mushrooms growing around the tomb. Those facing the grave stood in orderly rows as if planted by human hands, all with vermilion stems and purple caps, the caps measuring five inches in diameter, of extraordinary luster and color. The neighbors reported it to the prefecture and county. At that time, Lord Xin was Regional Inspector and Shen Yu was Administrative Assistant; they went together to the gravesite to inspect it. Suddenly, a bird resembling a duck appeared, holding a pair of carp in its beak, placed them on the ground, and flew away. Xin and the others sighed in deepest admiration, harvested the lingzhi mushrooms, sealed them, and memorialized the throne; an imperial edict commended his family gate. (When Tang Lin was sent on an imperial mission to Jiangdong in the seventh year of the Zhenguan era, the Yangzhou acupuncturist Zhen Tuo recounted this to Lin.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.2.4) - [Next: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.2.6) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082~en-mt.2.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法華傳記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.5.30) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.2.5) · Pramāṇa