三寶感應要略錄 2.108

2.108

When Emperor Wu, High Ancestor of the Zhou, suppressed the Dharma, scriptures and records were turned to ashes. In a subsequent year, people suddenly saw in the sky five or six objects about the size of straw mats flying high into the air, vanishing beyond the range of sight, united into a single sheet, floating and drifting up and down. The magistrate of Shuozhou stood looking up, unable to fathom what it was. After a long while, it fluttered down and landed on an upright gentleman's wall. When inspected, it was the thirteenth fascicle of the Large Chapter [Prajñāpāramitā-sūtra]. Everyone deemed it a rare and wondrous sympathetic response, and many turned their hearts to the faith.