廣弘明集 15.124

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楊州長干寺阿育王像者。東晉咸和中。丹陽尹高悝見張侯浦有光。使人尋之得一金像無光趺。載像至長干巷口。牛不復行。因縱之乃徑趣長干寺。後數年東海人於海獲銅趺浮水上。因送像所果同。後四十年南海獲銅光於海下。乃送像所。宛然符合。自晉宋齊梁陳隋唐七代。無不入內供養。光瑞如別。今在京師大興善寺。摸寫殷矣。

Regarding the King Aśoka image of Changgan Temple in Yangzhou: in the Xianhe reign era of the Eastern Jin, Gao Kui, Governor of Danyang, saw a light at the Zhanghou inlet. He sent people to search for it, and they found a golden image without a halo or pedestal. When they transported the image to the entrance of Changgan Lane, the oxen would walk no further. When they let them go, the oxen went straight toward Changgan Temple. A few years later, a man from Donghai obtained a bronze pedestal floating on the water in the sea; it was sent to the image's location and indeed matched it. Forty years later, a bronze halo was retrieved from under the sea in Nanhai and was sent to the image's location, fitting it perfectly. Through seven dynasties—the Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen, Sui, and Tang—none failed to bring it into the inner palace to make offerings. Its radiant marvels are recorded elsewhere. It is now at Daxingshan Temple in the capital, and copies have been extensively made.