三寶感應要略錄 2.92

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唐高宗乾封元中。有一書生。遭疾而死。一日二夜。始蘇云。吾初死之時。有赤服冥官。以文牒召。即從冥官至大城門。使者云。城內大王。是息諍王。以彼文牒召汝。是時驚怖見自身。右手放大光明。直至王前。過日月光明。王驚異從座而起。合掌尋光推之出門。問吾云。公修何功德。右手放光。即答。更不修善。又不覺放光由。王還城內。撿一卷書。出城歡喜謂吾曰。公依高宗勅。寫大般若經十卷。右筆而寫。右手放光。爾時吾憶知此事。王曰。放公早還。時白王。吾亡來路。王曰。尋光而還。即如王教。近古宅光滅得醒。說此由緣。悲喜流泣。捨所有寫六百卷。此由親聞矣。

In the first year of the Qianfeng reign era [666 CE] of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang, there was a scholar who fell ill and died. After one day and two nights, he only then revived and said: "When I first died, there was an underworld official in red robes who summoned me with an official document. I followed the underworld official to the gate of a great city. The envoy said, 'The Great King within the city is King Xizheng. He summons you with that document.' At that time, in fright and terror, I saw my own right hand emitting a great, bright light that reached straight before the King, surpassing the radiance of the sun and moon. Astonished, the King rose from his seat, joined his palms, and, following the light, pushed his way out through the gate. He asked me, 'Sir, what merit have you cultivated that your right hand emits light?' I immediately replied, 'I have cultivated no other good, nor do I understand the cause of this light.' The King returned inside the city, examined a roll of records, and came out of the city, saying to me with joy: 'Sir, in accordance with the edict of Emperor Gaozong, you copied ten scrolls of the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-sūtra. Writing with the right hand holding the brush, your right hand emits light.' At that moment, I remembered this matter. The King said, 'I release you, sir, to return early.' Then I said to the King, 'I have forgotten the road by which I came.' The King said, 'Follow the light to return.' I immediately followed the King's instruction. Approaching my old house, the light vanished and I revived." When he related these circumstances, weeping with sorrow and joy, he gave up all his possessions to copy the six hundred scrolls. This was personally heard.