廣弘明集 15.120

15.120

揚州育王金瑞像者。吳孫皓時後園所獲。皓初蔑而穢之。腫痛遍身。太史占曰。犯大神也。皓謝之。有間因爾開信。

The miraculous golden image of King Aśoka in Yangzhou was obtained from the rear garden during the reign of Sun Hao of the Wu dynasty. At first, Sun Hao despised and desecrated it, whereupon his whole body became swollen and painful. The grand astrologer divined: 'You have offended a great deity.' Sun Hao apologized to it, and after a short while his illness abated, leading him to develop faith.