三寶感應要略錄 3.27

3.27

晉世有燋國戴逵。字安道。逵第二子顆。字仲若。素韻淵澹雅好丘國。既負荷幽真。亦繼志巧。逵每製像共參慮。濟陽江夷。少與顆友。夷甞託顆。造觀世音像。到力慇思。欲令盡美。而相好不圓。積年無成。後夢有人告之曰。江夷於觀音無加。可改為彌勒菩薩。戴即停手。馳書報江。未及發而江書已至。俱於此夕感夢。語事符同。戴喜於神通。即改為彌勒。應於是解手成妙。初不稽思。光顏圓滿。俄爾而成。有識讚感悟因緣之匪差矣。

During the Jin dynasty, there was Dai Kui, whose courtesy name was Andao, of the state of Qiao. Kui's second son was Dai Yong, whose courtesy name was Zhongruo. His plain demeanor was profound and tranquil, and he was elegantly fond of the hills and gardens. Having inherited esoteric truth, he also succeeded to [his father's] artistic skill. Whenever Kui fashioned an image, they would deliberate together. Jiang Yi of Jiyang was friends with Yong from youth. Yi once entrusted Yong to make an image of Avalokiteśvara. He applied his utmost effort and deep reflection, wishing to make it consummate in beauty, yet the major and minor marks were not roundly accomplished, and after years it was not finished. Later, he dreamed that someone told him: 'Jiang Yi has no affinity with Avalokiteśvara; it may be changed to Maitreya Bodhisattva.' Dai immediately stayed his hand and sent an urgent letter to inform Jiang. Before it was dispatched, Jiang's letter had already arrived; both had had the sympathetic dream on the same night, and the words and matter matched. Dai rejoiced at the spiritual connection, and immediately changed it to Maitreya. Thereupon, as soon as his hand was released, it turned into an exquisite work; without pausing for reflection at all, the radiant countenance was round and complete, and in an instant it was finished. Those with understanding praised the unerring precision of the causes and conditions of sympathetic realization.